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Appendix:Variations of "nt"
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en -n't.
en 1756 anonymous Emily; or, The History of a Natural Daughter London F. Noble & J. Noble Volume I, Book III, p. 205 https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011817363 Hold your foolish Tongue, Mr. Metal, said she, and get you to-bed; have’nt I plague enough with this audacious Slut, do you think, without your meddling and making?
en Anna St. Ives. a Novel Thomas Holcroft 1792 To be sure! This will do! I shall be fain to think a summut of ee, now you can flamgudgin 'em a thisn. I did'nt a think it was innee. Why you will become a son of my own begettin. I write to tellee the good news, and that ee mightn't a kick down the milk. You have a sifflicated Sir Arthur. I could a told ee afore that you had a sifflicated Missee. But I was afeard as that you wur a too adasht. But I tellee it will do! Father's own lad! An ear-tickler! Ay, ay! That's the trade! Sugar the sauce, and it goes down glibly.
en 1811 The Baltimore Repertory of Papers on Literary and Other Topics Militia Muster 2 Joseph Robinson Baltimore 27 https://www.google.co.nz/books/edition/The_Baltimore_Reportory_of_Papers_on_Lit/dtURAAAAYAAJ That too would have been very handsomely done, if you had'nt handled catridge instead of shettin pan, but I suppose you want noticing.
en 1846 George William MacArthur Reynolds The Mysteries of London 1 35 "And because you would'nt let him he doubled you up with a wallop in your dumpling-depot, did'nt he?"
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en Terms suffixed with -'nt did'nt had'nt have'nt would'nt
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