have-not
Usually have-nots. an individual or group that is without wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have).
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How to use have-not in a sentence
What will it be like if we join a world government that embraces the real have-not nations of the earth?
The Invisible Government | Dan SmootAfrica is and has been throughout history a have-not continent.
Border, Breed Nor Birth | Dallas McCord ReynoldsRemember-that-I-have-not-promised-you-that-I would-not- be-a-D.
Overshadowed | Sutton E. GriggsAnd all the attendant causes for race wars, nationalist wars, and have-not wars would crop up.
The Merchants of Venus | A. H. PhelpsHe was so frightfully tired of life and its struggles; tired of being a have-not.
The Lee Shore | Rose Macaulay
British Dictionary definitions for have-not
(usually plural) a person or group of people in possession of relatively little material wealth
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