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Examples
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Ha'n't yu moiled yerself, an 'yu a dyin' woman, over her hid o 'hair?
A Sheaf of Corn Mary E. Mann
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Ha'n't yu borrered right and left, ha'n't you got inter debt high and low, to put a hape
A Sheaf of Corn Mary E. Mann
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Ha'n't ye never caught your breath an 'felt the tears swellin' when ye saw a regiment swing up the street?
Lady Good-for-Nothing Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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"Ha'n't I told 'ee so?" said the voice querulously.
The Ship of Stars Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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"Ha'n't you got nothing?" said Nancy, coming up presently; "that wasn't your'n that you gave me, was it?"
The Wide, Wide World 1892
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Ha'n't you got never a pair of coloured stockings, that you must go poking into the mud with white ones?
The Wide, Wide World 1892
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(Miss Fortune had gone down stairs.) Ha'n't begun to, Mr. Lawson.
The Wide, Wide World 1892
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"Ha'n't you got no mother?" asked Mrs. Forbes suddenly, after a pause.
The Wide, Wide World 1892
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Ha'n't I beeches that will more than match thy oaks?
A Group of Noble Dames Thomas Hardy 1884
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Ha'n't you no other friends as I could take you to?
The Children's Pilgrimage L. T. Meade 1884
promontorium commented on the word Ha'n't
Ha'n't is primarily a contraction of "have not", also "has not". It takes out the "ve" or "s" and replaces with an apostrophe as opposed to haven't or hasn't. It's usually pronounced "haint" (like ain't with an h), sometimes "ha-nt" (which can sound a little like hatn't)
March 24, 2021
alexz commented on the word Ha'n't
I like how google books shows this going back to the 17th century at least.
18th century here
https://books.google.ca/books?id=Z6BhAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA36&dq=%22Ha%27n%27t%22
17th century https://books.google.ca/books?id=S-ZiAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA3&dq=%22Ha%27n%27t%22
March 24, 2021
ry commented on the word Ha'n't
defined at han't
March 25, 2021