Mayn't
//ˈmeɪnt//
"Mayn't" in a Sentence (5 examples)
I mayn't have much head, master, but I’ve head enough to remember those that use me ill.
"Now, father," said Nancy, "is there any call for you to go home to tea? Mayn't you just as well stay with us?--such a beautiful evening as it's likely to be."
"Yes, we went to school in the sea, though you mayn't believe it—"
You mayn't hardly believe it, but at the present moment I am absolutely without a farthing.
I can't help about other people. But I surely would like to have a spot to stop till daylight. Still - if people don't relish this place, mayn't it be because it's getting so run-down?
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