have-not

[ hav-not, -not ]
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noun
  1. Usually have-nots. an individual or group that is without wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have).

Origin of have-not

1
First recorded in 1830–40

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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?

  • Africa is and has been throughout history a have-not continent.

    Border, Breed Nor Birth | Dallas McCord Reynolds
  • Remember-that-I-have-not-promised-you-that-I would-not- be-a-D.

    Overshadowed | Sutton E. Griggs
  • And all the attendant causes for race wars, nationalist wars, and have-not wars would crop up.

    The Merchants of Venus | A. H. Phelps
  • He 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

have-not

noun
  1. (usually plural) a person or group of people in possession of relatively little material wealth

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