Meaning of 'n | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Nonstandard spelling of 'n'.
   alt-of, nonstandard
2. Contraction of than.
   abbreviation, alt-of, contraction
3. Contraction of when, as found in if'n.
   abbreviation, alt-of, archaic, contraction

Examples

“fish⟳ 'n chips”

“rock 'n roll”

““Might think⟳ we was brother 'n sister, to hear⟳ ye, Ma! Damn me to glory, don't ye know⟳ thar's fust cousins marryin' every week? And no harm⟳ come⟳ of it.” […] “Oh, son, not in the face⟳ of Pa 'n me that love⟳ you, whatever you think⟳! We're only tryin' to figger for your own⟳ good.””

“The feller took the box again, and took another long, particular look⟳, and give⟳ it back to Smiley, and says, very deliberate, "Well, I don't see⟳ no p'ints about that frog that's any better'n any other frog."”

“She says you may laugh⟳ 'f you feel⟳ so inclined, but there ain't no such big difference between your leg 'n' a dead rat but what it 'll pay⟳ you to mark⟳ her words. She says 'f it don't do no more 'n eat⟳ the skin off it 'll still be pretty hard for you to lay⟳ there without no skin 'n' feel⟳ the plaster goin' in more 'n' more.”

“lock⟳ this room up tighter 'n a peanut butter jar at a squirrel convention”

“What I can give⟳ ya is this bit o' knowledge: there be things in this world that no one can explain⟳. There are things bigger 'n mountains, bigger 'n oceans, bigger 'n fields an' night skies filled with stars, bigger 'n kings, or queens…”

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