worn't

English

Etymology

Variant of weren't.

Contraction

worn't

  1. (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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