bain't

contraction

be not

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Meanings

contraction
  1. UKcontractiondialectalbe not

    "Bain't you glad that we've become gentlefolk?"

    1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 51
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    "I aint 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!"

    1871, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native

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APA

bain't. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bain't

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“bain't.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bain't. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bain't,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bain't.

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