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Examples
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"Sha'n't I go and get a message for you, Court?" asked Tennelly.
The Witness Grace Livingston Hill Lutz
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"Sha'n't tell you another thing and you might as well let up."
Chicken Little Jane Lily Munsell Ritchie
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_Sha'n't_ I write him a letter this very day and tell him all?
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 Various
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Sha'n't I tell of your fright when we get home -- how you didn't want to open the door, and wanted to 'let well enough alone'?
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873 Various
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"Sha'n't budge now till I've finished this pile," he retorts coolly; and the girls laugh.
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"Sha'n't do it," retorted Arkwright, with a smile.
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"Sha'n't I wrap 'em up for you?" called the other.
The Rich Little Poor Boy Eleanor Gates 1913
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"Sha'n't Tommy push -- the baby-carriage up to the house for you, Miss Eudora?" he said, in his cracked old voice.
The Yates Pride 1912
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"Sha'n't get odd jobs," said Ann Veronica, wiping her eyes.
Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story Herbert George 1909
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It may be said that I shall execute your orders being the speaker's promise, You will go to your room being the speaker's command, and Sha'n't (the nursery abbreviation for I shall not do it) being the speaker's refusal, these are all coloured futures, so that Sh. and W. should be reversed in each.
Shall and Will. 1908
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