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单词 have-not
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have-not

[ hav-not, -not ]
/ ˈhævˌnɒt, -ˈnɒt /
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noun

Usually have-nots. an individual or group that is without wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have).

Origin of have-not

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby have-not

haven, have no business, have no heart for, have none of, have no stomach for, have-not, have nothing on, have nothing to do with, have no time for, have no truck with, have no use for
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Example sentences from the Web for have-not

  • He was so frightfully tired of life and its struggles; tired of being a Have-Not.

    The Lee Shore|Rose Macaulay
  • On top of that handicap was another; the have-not nations were so far behind economically that they couldn't get going.

    Black Man's Burden|Dallas McCord Reynolds
  • And all the attendant causes for race wars, nationalist wars, and have-not wars would crop up.

    The Merchants of Venus|A. H. Phelps
  • Africa is and has been throughout history a have-not continent.

    Border, Breed Nor Birth|Dallas McCord Reynolds

British Dictionary definitions for have-not

have-not

noun

(usually plural) a person or group of people in possession of relatively little material wealth
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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