mayn't

[ mey-uh nt, meynt ]

/ ˈmeɪ ənt, meɪnt /

contraction of may not.

Words nearby mayn't

mayhap, mayhappen, mayhem, mayhew, maying, mayn't, maynard, mayo, mayo's operation, mayo-robson's position, mayon

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Examples from the Web for maynt

Very true, said the other; but one may be tired of being a purse, maynt one?
Karl Krinken, His Christmas Stocking|Susan Warner
An, ladies an gentlemen, you maynt believe it, but that bull was cowed!
Winona of the Camp Fire|Margaret Widdemer
They maynt be very good-looking, but they suit me first rate.
Peter Cotterell's Treasure|Rupert Sargent Holland
I am twenty-four, and I maynt read the books which Berthe can read at eighteen.
Three Plays by Brieux|Eugne Brieux

I may find Sam soon, or I maynt; but anyhow he aint like to be in a way to tell ye much to-night.
Dracula|Bram Stoker

British Dictionary definitions for maynt

mayn't

/ (ˈmeɪənt, meɪnt) /

contraction of

may not

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