Definition of "wa'n't" []

• Eye dialect spelling of wasn’t. (phrase)

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• "'An' do ye know, Dave, he sez to me, 'they got in an' made a smudge, and there wa'n't a darned mosquito in sight. '"
• "The clerk of yourn said he didn't know, an 'ez there wa'n't no call to pester him, I said I'd jest drop round an' see you."
• "This wa'n't no effete civilization like it's come to be now."