'aven't

See also: avent, Avent, and Avént

English

Verb

'aven't

1. Pronunciation spelling of haven't.
   • 1907, Elizabeth Robins, chapter XVI, in The Convert, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, page 258:

     Only they ’aven’t got a fair chawnce even to agitate fur their rights.

   • 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “The Birth of Paul, and Another Battle”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC, part I, page 34:

     ’Aven’t you got a drink, Missis, for a man when he comes home barkled up from the pit.

   • 1922, Paula Hudd, ““There Was Once . . .””, in The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women, volume LVI, London, Melbourne, Vic.: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, page 76, column 2:

     “I ’aven’t said ‘Yes,’ and I ’aven’t said ‘No,’ ” she remarked.

   • 1981, Ruth Dudley Edwards, Corridors of Death, London: Quartet Qrime, →ISBN, page 91:

     I ’aven’t got where I am today wivout bein’ able to spot a poofdah when I see one.

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