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won't|wəʊnt|
colloq. contraction of woll not = will not (see will v.1 A. 6 b). Also (cf. don't, shan't) as n. = refusal.
1902Monthly Rev. Aug. 168 Already he was beginning to know the just value of a woman's won't, so he gave up the contest. 1911B. Holland Life Dk. Devonshire I. xiii. 293 Hartington's ‘won't’ was stronger than his ‘will’.
b. In hyphened comb. with infins., forming ns. (occas. adjs.), e.g. won't-learn, one who refuses to learn; won't-work; won't-wait, that won't wait.
1857R. M. Ballantyne Coral Islands xxiv, People..who are sich born drivellin' won't-believers that they think [etc.]. 1868Furnivall Babees Book 200 John Russell lets off his won't-learns very easily. 1904Westm. Gaz. 20 Feb. 7/1 The ‘unemployables’ and the ‘won't works’ are the recipients of most of the relief. 1909Daily Chron. 8 Apr. 1/7 Won't-wait agitators. |