hant

[ hant ]

/ hænt /

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verb (used with or without object), noun South Midland and Southern U.S.

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han't

[ heynt ]

/ heɪnt /

Older Use.

a contraction of has not.

a contraction of have not.

Ve neet noddings but ter stretch out mit der hant und der victory dake.
Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York|Lemuel Ely Quigg
And ever since then we hant any of us done much but rest, for we were pretty much tired out.
The Minister's Wooing|Harriet Beecher Stowe
Dis heah chile ain't a gwine ter stay in no house wid a hant.
Bee and Butterfly|Lucy Foster Madison
Frank, gif me your hant—I owe you money—t'ere ist a stockin' half full of tollars.
The Chainbearer|J. Fenimore Cooper

They's a hant in em—he'll cum back sho'—yo' see—hants alers ac's like thet—then they sneaks back agin.
The Red Debt|Everett MacDonald