ben't

"Now then, Jeremiah, m'dear, that be no proper way to say good day, not at all it ben't."

Here Abide Monsters Norton, Andre 1973

"An 'now ye goin' there to live!" he exclaimed; "why, there ben't but one house there fit fur such as you, an '' tain't there ye're bound, not by a long shot!"

Culm Rock The Story of a Year: What it Brought and What it Taught Glance Gaylord

This said is by them that ben't worth two fetches,

Notes and Queries, Number 37, July 13, 1850 Various

Besides which he wrote also, _The Honest Whore_, in two Parts; _Fortunatus; If this ben't a good Play the Devil's in't;

The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687) William Winstanley

"Captain, I'm a green hand, and never weathered the Cape, if there ben't a man lashed on yon spar."

The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance John Turvill Adams

"They ben't glad to see each other, eh, Jack?" said Ben; "wish there was some prospect o 'taking t'other home, too."

Culm Rock The Story of a Year: What it Brought and What it Taught Glance Gaylord

"I have not done no wrong; it ben't my fault -- and 'tis that which kills me!" concluded Lenny, with a burst of energy.

The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 Various

Noll overheard one old fish-wife say, "We ben't slick 'nough for new housen; ther'll hev to be great scrubbin' an 'scourin' that day, eh, Janet?" to her slatternly daughter-in-law; and the boy mentally prayed that this opinion would gain ground among all the fish-folk.

Culm Rock The Story of a Year: What it Brought and What it Taught Glance Gaylord

_ -- "I ben't much inclined that way myself, Miss, but I have heerd we are bound to be merciful."

Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island Julia de Winton

"Why, that's all in my line," said Sprott, "and there ben't a tinker in the country that I would recommend like myself, thof I say it."

International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 Various