dursn't en · VERB
Etymology
From durst + -n't.
Meanings
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(Yorkshire, abbreviation, alt-of, archaic, contraction) Contraction of durst + not.
alt of durst
If he had been a man, he would a been there instead of making his sons do what he dursn’t.
1930, William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying,, page 153:They dursn't go theer nomoor seein as they wor copp'd steylin last time.
Dursn’t jump off a gate, dursn’t tweedle, dursn’t go on a slide, dursn’t stop a girl hittin’ her.
1913, D. H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers,, page 126:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dursen't | alternative | lexicographic | |
| darsn't | alternative | lexicographic | |
| durstn't | alternative | lexicographic | |
| darsen't | alternative | lexicographic |