why'n't

English

Contraction

why'n't

  1. Alternative form of whyn't.
    • 1945, John Steinbeck, Cannery Row:
      “Why’n’t Eddie bake a cake?” he suggested. “Eddie used to be fry cook at the San Carlos for a while.”
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