"wanter" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1857, Various, The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV.",
          "text": "Witless hizzie, e'en 's you like, The ne'er a doit I 'm carin'; But men maun be the first to speak, An' wanters maun be speerin'.",
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          "ref": "1898, Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr, Scottish sketches",
          "text": "But if Donald McFarlane wants money, he's got kin that can accommodate him, James; wanters arena always that fortunate.",
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          "ref": "1921, Various, The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story",
          "text": "You see, the trouble with Americans is that they are the greatest wanters of cake after they've eaten it the world has ever seen.",
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        "One who wants, or who wants something"
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  "etymology_text": "Contraction of want to",
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        {
          "ref": "1901, Henry Lawson, Joe Wilson and His Mates",
          "text": "I reckon it weighs about a ton by the weight of it if yer wanter know.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1925, Amy Lowell, Men, Women and Ghosts",
          "text": "Here, lift over them crates o' oranges I wanter fix 'em in the winder.\"",
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        {
          "ref": "1936-1938, Works Projects Administration, Slave Narratives Vol. XIV. South Carolina, Part 2",
          "text": "My birthday over, I wanter go right home to Heaven.",
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          "ref": "1857, Various, The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1898, Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr, Scottish sketches",
          "text": "But if Donald McFarlane wants money, he's got kin that can accommodate him, James; wanters arena always that fortunate.",
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        },
        {
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          "text": "I reckon it weighs about a ton by the weight of it if yer wanter know.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1925, Amy Lowell, Men, Women and Ghosts",
          "text": "Here, lift over them crates o' oranges I wanter fix 'em in the winder.\"",
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        {
          "ref": "1936-1938, Works Projects Administration, Slave Narratives Vol. XIV. South Carolina, Part 2",
          "text": "My birthday over, I wanter go right home to Heaven.",
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