Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colloquial and vulgar contraction of was not.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- possessive noun A colloquial contraction of
was not .
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- phrase colloquial, dated
Eye dialect spelling ofwasn’t .
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Examples
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And in them days they wa'n't ary a steamboat or ary a trading-post, and we cusses had to live offen salmon-bellies and rabbit-tracks.
Chapter III 2010
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When you an 'me mushed into the Yukon in the good ole days, it didn't rain soup and they wa'n't no free-lunch joints.
Chapter III 2010
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The clerk of yourn said he didn't know, an 'ez there wa'n't no call to pester him, I said I'd jest drop round an' see you.
CHAPTER 6 2010
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Bimeby they wa'n't no stick left — only a nubbin, about four inches long, an 'it was Rocky's turn.
THE END OF THE STORY 2010
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"We can pan the snow for the beans and rice ... though there wa'n't more'n eight or ten pounds of rice left."
Chapter VII 2010
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'An' do ye know, Dave, he sez to me, 'they got in an' made a smudge, and there wa'n't a darned mosquito in sight. '
CHAPTER 16 2010
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This wa'n't no effete civilization like it's come to be now.
Chapter III 2010
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When you fellers was his age, you wa'n't dry behind the ears yet.
Chapter III 2010
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She said she wa'n't gonna leave me, ahh, but she told, poor me a lie
Elmore James Lyrics 2009
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"I wa'n't nowhere near Bargi-Mart," the thief said.
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