Dursn't

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Contraction of durst + not. Yorkshire, abbreviation, alt-of, archaic, contraction

    "They dursn't go theer nomoor seein as they wor copp'd steylin last time."

Synonyms

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daredn'tdaren't

Example

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"They dursn't go theer nomoor seein as they wor copp'd steylin last time."

Etymology

From durst + -n't.

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