AIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ain mean? 

• AIN (adjective)
  The adjective AIN has 1 sense:

1. belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive

  Familiarity information: AIN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AIN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive

Synonyms:

ain; own

Context example:

'ain' is Scottish

Similar:

personal (concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality)

 Context examples 

This girl is all that I ain't, an' I ain't anything that she is.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"I guess I ain't used much to the warm," he vouchsafed half apologetically.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

"Clever old dear, ain't he?" he whispered to me, and then louder to Challenger.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Don’t you see there, in the stern-sheets, on the bottom? May I never shoot a seal again if that ain’t a woman!”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

“A pretty rum go if squire ain't to talk for Dr. Livesey, I should think.”

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Well, you are their employer, ain’t you?

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Sparrin’ ain’t fightin’,” said the smith.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It's no canny to run frae London to the Black Sea wi' a wind ahint ye, as though the Deil himself were blawin' on yer sail for his ain purpose.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

My house ain't much for to see, sir, but it's hearty at your service if ever you should come along with Mas'r Davy to see it.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

"The dog's a mint. I ain't a- goin' to be robbed. A man's got his rights."

(White Fang, by Jack London)