ban't

"It's been a terr'ble experience, and I ban't likely to be ever the same again, I'm afeared."

Explorers of the Dawn Mazo De la Roche 1920

"We'm terr'ble lucky chaps," he said, in the Devon dialect, "ban't us?"

Explorers of the Dawn Mazo De la Roche 1920

"Dot ban't none o 'your business, Peasley," Kjellin protested.

Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley 1918

"Mr. Borlase catched me stealing sloe berries for your sloe gin; but I didn't know I was stealing, you see, for I thought they were free, so he's forgived me and I ban't to hear no more of it this time."

The Torch and Other Tales Eden Phillpotts 1911

I ban't your judge, though you be going to be mine, and I didn't speak them words in no sense to threaten, and I didn't speak 'em to remind you as you'd ever heard 'em before.

The Torch and Other Tales Eden Phillpotts 1911

And 'tis no good saying the days of miracles be passed, because they ban't.

The Torch and Other Tales Eden Phillpotts 1911

But now he hears tell as I ban't to have the cottage, he's off it.

The Torch and Other Tales Eden Phillpotts 1911

-- Peter Hacker have told me that the cottage ban't to be mine at all, and that 'tis all rubbish, and not a contract.

The Torch and Other Tales Eden Phillpotts 1911

He drew up to his full height, which weren't above five foot, five inches, and he screamed with rage and began his talk with several words I ban't going to write down for anybody.

The Torch and Other Tales Eden Phillpotts 1911

But the water proved a source of strength, and Amos knew a man can hold out a long time if water ban't denied.

The Torch and Other Tales Eden Phillpotts 1911