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- noun US (especially southern American) Variant of
haunt ;
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Examples
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We're doing a guest Vespers at St-Louis-the-King RChere in Austin on Feb 8, and that's the only proper I ha'nt got nailed yet.
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That if you ha'nt a special care that Ram will knock you down.
Sheep-Shearing Song 1998
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But nobody ain't pay no attintion to him at all, 'ca'se yevery one lookin' at a monstrous big ha'nt whut name Bloody Bones, whut rose up an 'spoke.
The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories Franklin K. [Editor] Mathiews
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"Don 'speak to me 'bout no ha'nt!" exclaimed Aunt Esmerelda angrily.
The Cat in Grandfather's House Carl Henry Grabo
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"'Tain' likely you met up wid a monstrous big ha'nt whut live down de lane whut he name Bloody Bones?"
The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories Franklin K. [Editor] Mathiews
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An 'de monstrous big ha'nt whut he name Bloody Bones he lay he hand on de head ob li'l black Mose, and he hand feel like a toadstool in de cool ob de day, an' he say:
The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories Franklin K. [Editor] Mathiews
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"And he knows all about the 'ha'nt,' whatever that is!"
The Cat in Grandfather's House Carl Henry Grabo
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Perhaps she would see and hear the queer things, and even see the "ha'nt" of which Grandfather had spoken.
The Cat in Grandfather's House Carl Henry Grabo
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"But if there is a 'ha'nt' in the house, I want to see it," Hortense persisted.
The Cat in Grandfather's House Carl Henry Grabo
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"Uncle Jonah says it's a 'ha'nt,'" Grandfather was saying with a smile.
The Cat in Grandfather's House Carl Henry Grabo
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