wa'n't

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wa'n't

/wɒnt/
/wənt/ unstressed

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colloquial, contraction, dated, pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of wasn't; compare wadn't. 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

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@misc{wa_n_t_2026,
  title = {wa'n't},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wa'n't},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}