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Variant of
weren't
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worn't
(
largely
obsolete
,
still found in some
dialects
,
particularly in
UK
)
Alternative spelling of
weren't
c.
1872
, John Hartley,
Yorkshire Ditties, Second Series
[1]
:
It
worn't
long befoor he coom // To see ha matters stood;
1892
April 9,
Punch, or the London Charivari
[2]
, volume
102
:
Which on 'em was Oxford? The inside one. No, it
worn't
—they was
outside
.
1904
,
Folk Tales Every Child Should Know
[3]
:
There
worn't
nothin' in it but a spinnin' wheel and a stool.
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