hain't

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hain't

/heɪnt/

Rhymes with -eɪnt

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archaic, contraction, dialectal has not "But he never speaks ter anybody, child—he hain't for years, I guess, except when he just has to, for business, and all that."
archaic, contraction, dialectal have not “Doan’ hurt me — don’t! I hain’t ever done no harm to a ghos’. I alwuz liked dead people, en done all I could for ’em. You go en git in de river agin, whah you b’longs, en doan’ do nuffn to Ole Jim, ’at ’uz awluz yo’ fren’.”
contraction, dialectal, hypercorrect ain’t

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@misc{hain_t_2026,
  title = {hain't},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hain't},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}