hant
verb (used with or without object)
hant
1 American
[hant]
/ hænt /
Or
ha'nt
verb (used with or without object)
South Midland and Southern U.S.
han't
2
American
[heynt]
/ heɪnt /
Older Use.
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a contraction of has not.
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a contraction of have not.
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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
I ain't never hurry till yet, and I never see a hant.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration
No jeweled ornaments ever sparkled on a altar like the emerald and gold winged butterflies flutterin’ round that sacred hant, amongst the wild flowers that blossomed even up to the door.
From Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands by Holley, Marietta
“I han’t got time to attend to thy mopseys now, what with all this sorbent washing.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
“Who d’ye live with,—supposin’ you’re kindly let to live, which I han’t made up my mind about?”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
I han’t seen a way to get you safe, and I’ve looked arter you to know your ins and outs.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
It han’t happened yet, but will on the morrow, says the Doctor.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
“Private Goring, I am indebted in so total—,” and I stopped him, wishing no more Gratitude for doing no more than he had; though I han’t done it to try and Die.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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