ben't

/bɪnt//biːnt/

contraction

be not (am not, is not, are not)

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Meanings

contraction
  1. contractiondialectalbe not (am not, is not, are not)

    I wish there ben't some mistake in this business.

    2014, John Vanbrugh, Bernard Harris, The Relapse, page 96
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    'What... I only hope he ben't one of those popish murderers,' said the old steward, keeping at a safe distance from him, as they entered the hall.

    1855, Charles Kingsley, Westward Ho!

    "Well, Joe, I ben't a fool, if I ben't so religious as you be. You ben't a bad fellow, though you be a Methodist, and I ben't a fool, though I be Harry Cobb."

    1868, The Sunday Magazine, page 476

    "You be a guest, ben't ye?" a footman asked, getting to his feet again.

    2000, Elizabeth Mansfield, Miscalculations

    Death and eternity ben't so familiar to them at such times; {they are} very much unacquainted with them

    2012, Kenneth P. Minkema, Adriaan C. Neele, Sermons by Jonathan Edwards on the Matthean Parables, page 119
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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