dassn't

American  

[das-uhnt] / ˈdæs ənt /

Or dasn't

Chiefly Northern U.S.

1. contraction of dare not.

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Example Sentences

"Champ wouldn't let me go," said Romanzo sulkily; "besides, I dassn't ask Hannah, not since I used the harness cloth she gave to clean down Jim."

From Flamsted quarries by Nelson, G. Patrick

We dassn't none of us tech them boxes, we boys, though we warn't afeard of nothin' else in the world, only father.

From Queen Hildegarde by Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe

It wasn't your father—he hasn't the smeddum of a flea—but he wouldn't send you to do what he dassn't do himself.

From Rainbow Valley by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

"He has lost his own soul and wrecked the Church for the sake of the money," Job said, "and now he dassn't touch a farden of it."

From Strange Stories by Allen, Grant

Mena was asleep, and I dassn't go down to the goats alone.

From Bloom of Cactus by Coleman, Ralph P. (Ralph Pallen)