hant

¹ American  

[hant] / hænt /

Or ha'nt

verb (used with or without object)

South Midland and Southern U.S.

1. haunt.

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han't ² American  

[heynt] / heɪnt /

Older Use.

1. a contraction of has not.

2. a contraction of have not.

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Example Sentences

Culturally the hant monde of Lima is on a par with the similar aristocracy of Madrid, Rome and Paris.

From Time Magazine Archive

He look at Sofia like she a hant This Henry Broadnax, Sofia say.

From "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker

He look at Sofia like she a hant.

From "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker

"Hant er no hant, we'uns air agoin' in, an' ef he hain't daid——" "Yo' darsn't, Lem—no—no," protested Buddy in alarm.

From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett

She was my hant befo’ she die’,” said the little man of eight years, hopping along the turf in front of the rest.

From Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana by Cable, George Washington