Meaning of wa'n't | Babel Free

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Pronunciation spelling of wasn't; compare wadn't.

alt-of, colloquial, contraction, dated, pronunciation-spelling

Examples

“My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw⟳ clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come⟳ to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get⟳ a lot more, take⟳ 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch⟳ a fair price.”

“"You're soft, Jane," said Miranda once; "you allers was soft, and you allers will be. If 't wa'n't for me keeping you stiffened up, I b'lieve you 'd leak out o' the house into the dooryard."”

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