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Definition 2024
'tain't
'taint
See also: taint
English
Contraction
'taint
- Contraction of it ain’t.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary
- “’Taint no need botherin her, then. You kin come around in the mawnin ...
- “’Taint no need of that,” Snopes said, take I’ll take you back to Memphis Sunday.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary
Usage notes
- For reasons that are unclear, it seems that in American popular culture, this contraction has come to be associated with Irish English.