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haints

haints is the plural of haint.

haints is the third-person singular simple present indicative of haint.

Meaning of haint

Noun

haint (plural haints)

  1. (US, dialectal) A ghost; a supernatural being; Alternative form of haunt.
    • "Ain't you scared of haints?"1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC, part 2, page 254

Questions about haints

What is haints the plural of?
Haints is the plural of haint.

Words near haints in the dictionary

  1. Hainsworths
  2. haint
  3. haint blue
  4. hainted
  5. hainting
  6. haints
  7. Haiphong
  8. haique
  9. haiques
  10. hair
  11. hair band

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