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Definition of Have-not
1. Noun. A person with few or no possessions.
Generic synonyms: Unfortunate, Unfortunate Person
Specialized synonyms: Poor White Trash, White Trash, Down-and-out, Pauper, Drifter, Floater, Vagabond, Vagrant
Definition of Have-not
1. Noun. singular variant of have nots. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Have-not
Literary usage of Have-not
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life by George Eliot (1873)
"I meant to go away into silence, but I have not been able to do what I meant."
his hat, said, with a sort of exasperation, " Good- "Don't be sorry," said ..."
2. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (1876)
"Then turning to her brother, " Ezra, you have not forbidden him ?—Stay, father,
and leave off ... I have not said it," Ezra answered, with great effort. ..."
3. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (1839)
"... sufficiency of cold water, which Noah had poured over her head and shoulders,—"
Oh, Charlotte, what a mercy we have not been all murdered in our beds ! ..."
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