I'ven't
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[edit]I'ven't
- (nonstandard) I have not
- 1859, George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel: A History of Father and Son, page 174:
- Try to circumvent me, and I'm a ugly customer. I'll show you I'ven't any-mosity. Your father pays—you 'pologize.