The Clue
Nonstandard contraction (4 letter answer)
The Answer
AINT
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Notes
The answer AINT is seen frequently, appearing about once every 90 puzzles.
Related Clues
"___ Misbehavin'"
Solecism
Colloquial contraction
Contraction of sorts
Grammarian's bugaboo
Informal contraction
Isn't on the street?
Isn't wrong?
"___ it the truth!"
"___ it the truth?"
"___ She Sweet"
"___ She Sweet?"
"Is so!" rebuttal
Solecistic contraction
Solecist's word
"You ___ kiddin'!"
Grammatical no-no
"I ___ Got Nobody"
"It ___ Necessarily So"
"___ Misbehavin'," 1929 song
"___ Misbehavin'," Waller hit
Is no more, informally
"___ We Got Fun?"
"___ we got fun"
Aretha Franklin's "___ No Way"
"Hit 'em where they ___"
"___ No Sunshine" (1971 hit)
"___ She Sweet?": 1927 song
Temptations' "___ Too Proud to Beg"
"You ___ seen nothin' yet!"
"Hit 'em where they ___": Keeler
"I ___ Got Nobody" (20's hit)
"It ___ Me, Babe," Dylan song
"___ We Got Fun?": 1921 song