Ca'n't

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of can't. alt-of, obsolete

    "[Alice:] and I'm sure I ca'n't be Mabel, for I know all sorts of things, and she, oh, she knows such a very little!"

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cannotcannot

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"[Alice:] and I'm sure I ca'n't be Mabel, for I know all sorts of things, and she, oh, she knows such a very little!"

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