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bain't

bain't contraction: be not.

Contraction

bain't

  1. (UK, contraction, dialectal) be not
    • "I aint afeard at all, I thank God!" said Christian strenuously. "I'm glad I bain't, for then 'twon't pain me... I don't think I be afeard—or if I be I can't help it, and I don't deserve to suffer. I wish I was not afeard at all!"1871, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native
    • "Bain't you glad that we've become gentlefolk?"1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 51

Questions about bain't

What does bain't mean?
Bain't means be not.
What part of speech is bain't?
Bain't is a contraction.

Words near bain't in the dictionary

  1. Baily
  2. Baily's beads
  3. Baima
  4. Baimaclia
  5. bain
  6. bain't
  7. bain-marie
  8. Bainbridge
  9. Bainbridge Island
  10. Bainbridges
  11. Baine

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