"bain't" meaning in All languages combined

See bain't on Wiktionary

Contraction [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|contraction|head=}} bain't, {{en-cont}} bain't
  1. (UK, dialect) be not Tags: UK, contraction, dialectal
    Sense id: en-bain't-en-contraction-g~HiCvSS Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1871, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native:",
          "text": "\"I aint afeard at all, I thank God!\" said Christian strenuously. \"I'm glad I bain't, for then 'twon't pain me... I don't think I be afeard—or if I be I can't help it, and I don't deserve to suffer. I wish I was not afeard at all!\"",
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        {
          "ref": "1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 51:",
          "text": "\"Bain't you glad that we've become gentlefolk?\"",
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        "(UK, dialect) be not"
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