What is to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction. [Archaic] Swift. CAN'T Can't. A colloquial contraction for can not called?
cant — to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction. [Archaic] Swift. CAN'T Can't. A colloquial contraction for can not. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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