war'nt

"I war'nt ye know what I am about," said another, more rudely than unkindly.

The Ladies' Vase Polite Manual for Young Ladies An American Lady

"He! he! it's the jade hersel ', I war'nt; it's Jezebel!"

Bob, Son of Battle Alfred Ollivant 1900

I'll war'nt he could pick up my old gaffer Jones an 'awa' wi 'him at his saddle-bow, as easy as Towser does a rotten!

Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

The rheumatiz would nigh on ter hey killed me, ef it war'nt fur him, that spell I hed las 'winter.

In the Tennessee mountains, pseud. Charles Egbert Craddock 1885

An 'ez nigh ez we kin make it out, the reason is' kase thar's nobody lef 'in this hyar worl' what believes he war'nt ter blame in that thar killin 'o' Sam Grim.

In the Tennessee mountains, pseud. Charles Egbert Craddock 1885

She said ez how he war mighty good ter her when he war'nt drunk.

In the Tennessee mountains, pseud. Charles Egbert Craddock 1885

The doctor said he war'nt ter talk about his a-gittin 'hurt, an' the man ez done it.

In the Tennessee mountains, pseud. Charles Egbert Craddock 1885

Pete say, though, ez they would'nt hev been so sure, ef it war'nt fur

In the Tennessee mountains, pseud. Charles Egbert Craddock 1885

He war a powerful hunter; he war out rain or shine, hot or cold, in sech weather ez other folks would think thar war'nt no use in tryin 'ter do nuthin' in.

In the Tennessee mountains, pseud. Charles Egbert Craddock 1885

'T war'nt his deed, an 'I'll prove that, agin his own word.

In the Tennessee mountains, pseud. Charles Egbert Craddock 1885