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shan't
[ shant, shahnt ]
/ ʃænt, ʃɑnt /
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contraction of shall not.
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Words nearby shan't
Shanna,
Shannon,
shanny,
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shantey,
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How to use shan't in a sentence
Marvin takes off his T-shirt and dives into his swimming pool.
There was a handy distraction in the Che t-shirt the tourist was wearing while celebrating the death.
Some of Dr. Stephen T. Colbert D.F.A.'s best moments behind the desk.
He was standing on the corner and wearing only a T-shirt and jeans, and this was 11:30 at night and it was really cold.
Following the pre-recession excess of T-Pain and Akon, hip-hop was in search of greater authenticity.
There'll be heaps uh fun in the Cypress Hills country when they get t' runnin' the whisky-jacks out.
An with that I laid down on the settee, an felt orful bad, an the more I tho't about it, the wus I felt.
I've tried to teach lots of folks; an' sum learns quick, an' some don't never learn; it's jest 's 't strikes 'em.
But ef Jos keeps on, airnin' ez much ez he hez so fur, he's goin' ter pay the Injun part on 't, when he cums.
It's easy for a prisoner t' slip a note to a friend that happens t' be mountin' guard.
British Dictionary definitions for shan't
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