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1. dialectalinformalnonstandardAm not.

   Ain’t I a woman?

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   I ain’t ready yet; gimme a sec.

   Ain’t I a woman?

   1851, Sojourner Truth, Ain’t I a Woman?

   Synonyms: amn't, an't

2. dialectalinformalnonstandardAre not, aren’t; is not, isn’t.

   That ain't right.

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   We figure in lively paint: Our attitude’s queer and quaint — You’re wrong if you think it ain’t, oh!

   1885, Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado

   You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog.

   1953, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Hound Dog

   It ain’t me you’re looking for.

   1964, Bob Dylan, “It Ain't Me Babe”

3. dialectalinformalnonstandardHave not, haven’t; has not, hasn’t, when used as an auxiliary.

   'Okay, okay. Keep yo shirt on. Ah ain't done nuthen wrong.'

   1954, Ian Fleming, “The Everglades”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 124

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   These people ain’t seen a brown skin man since their grandparents bought one

   1996, “Down Rodeo” (00:31 from the start), in Evil Empire, performed by Rage Against the Machine

   Got a pile of sins to pay for and I ain’t got time to hide / I’d walk through a blazing fire, baby, if I knew you was on the other side.

   2006, Bob Dylan, Nettie More

   Synonyms: hain't, han't

4. dialectalinformalnonstandardDon’t, doesn’t.

   Well, I ain’t wanna do that though.

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   “I ain’t like it; I ain’t like it a tall.^([sic])” Jesse leaned down to help Israel. Then he stood back up and shouted again, “Youes crazy! Youes both crazy!” “Crazy we’z may be, but we’z still living and Ben dare ain’t.”

   2009 June 1, Sandra Kay, Haunted Secrets, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 248

   We ain’t able to go on out there telling folks in this world what we wanna be and what we ain’t wanna be. That ain’t our world honey, and learning is fine, ya done good, that’s for sure, but ain’t no time for dreaming.

   2013 June 1, Muriel Mharie Macleod, What the River Washed Away, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN

   “He ain’t love me.” She brings me back to the now. “I knew he ain’t the first time he put his hands on me.”

   2013 June 11, Julia Blues, Parallel Pasts: A Novel, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 62

   I ask her if we can do it during fifth period cause I ain’t like econ. She say no, we gotta do it in fourth.

   2015, James Park Canfield, School-based Practice with Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness, Sswaa Workshop, →ISBN, page 100

5. dialectalinformalnonstandardDidn’t.

   I ain’t go into the bathroom last night that late.

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   My son died, he ain’t live but I still try to think positive ’cause in life God take, God give.

   2006 September 16, “Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story” (track 4), in Servants in Heaven, Kings in Hell, performed by Jedi Mind Tricks

   Prince Williams ain’t do it right, if you ask me. ’Cause I was him, I would have married Kate and Ashley.

   2011 September 13, “Niggas in Paris” (track 3), in Watch the Throne, performed by Jay-Z,Kanye West

   “[...] ’Cause if I ain’t love you as much as I do, we wouldn’t be together right now. Don’t sit over there actin’ like you did somethin’ magical,” Jada vented.

   2012 May 30, Awnye` Latrice, Love's Remix, Author House, →ISBN, page 121

   Could've got the Beamer. I ain't really want it.[…]Man, I should've got the Lex. Dropped the top on em, I ain't wanna flex. Would've hit your girl, I ain't want the sex.

   2013 June 12, “Shoulda Woulda” (track 16), in Project Baby, performed by Kodak Black

   She ain’t want da state to split us up so she dropped er last yur’a high school to take cur’a us.

   2014, RG Camp, Raging Currents