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"word": "Rome wasn't built in a day"
}
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"ref": "1899, Hughes Mearns, Antigonish",
"text": "Yesterday, upon the stair / I met a man who wasn’t there / He wasn’t there again today / I wish, I wish he’d go away …",
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}
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{
"word": "warn't"
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"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈwɒn(ʔ)]",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
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{
"word": "warn't"
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{
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"word": "wa'n't"
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