tain't

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But the Kuklos ought to train 'em better, you know; 'tain't natural not to stare when a lunatic cuts loose in public.

THE NUMBERS 2010
Howsumever they cain't cum t 'Bent's no more, cuz tain't hyar.

Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010
But, heckfire, tain't that what good writin' is all about?

Once I was a happy Pinkerite 2009
Yet 'tain't being dead -- it's my awful dread of the icy grave that pains;

literature 2007
Jail house ain't no plaything, b'lieve me, 'tain't no lie

Blind Arthur Blake lyrics 2009
Philpot tain't but one day pull in the ol hay wagon ... mostly south an just tetch easterly of Owensboro.

Open Ramblin' William "Papa" Meloney 2007
While comics tain't Shakespeare at least they are read ...

Election Central Morning Roundup 2009
Bo weevil told the farmer that "I 'tain't got ticket fare",

Charley Patton Lyrics 2009
What make him dream bout de goole so much, if tain't cause he bit by de goole-bug?

The Gold-Bug 2006
Meanwhile, 'tain't fit night out for man nor beast.

The time is out of joint... jhetley 2006