English

Alternative forms

• durstn't

Contraction

dursn't

1. (archaic, Yorkshire) Contraction of durst not.

   1930, William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying, p. 153

   If he had been a man, he would a been there instead of making his sons do what he dursn’t

   1913, D. H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, p. 126

   Dursn’t jump off a gate, dursn’t tweedle, dursn’t go on a slide, dursn’t stop a girl hittin’ her.

Synonyms

• daren't