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Wasn't

//ˈwɒz.ənt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    Contraction of was + not. abbreviation, alt-of, auxiliary, contraction

    "Yesterday, upon the stair / I met a man who wasn’t there / He wasn’t there again today / I wish, I wish he’d go away …"

Etymology

Contraction of was + not. By surface analysis, was + -n't.

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