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bain't
bain't
See also: baint
English
Contraction
bain't
- (Britain, dialect) be not
- 1817, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native
- "I bain't' afeard at all, I thank God!" said Christian strenuously. "I'm glad I bain't, for then 'twon't pain me... I don't think I be afeard—or if I be I can't help it, and I don't deserve to suffer. I wish I was not afeard at all!"
- 1817, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native