'twa'n't

Definitions

Pronunciation spelling of 'twasn't.

alt-of, colloquial, contraction, dated, pronunciation-spelling

Examples

“Then s’pose ’twa’n’t long afore he got tew likin’ her so well that he wanted her tew marry⟳ him,—honor bright, no sham, ner nothin’ privit’, but fair en square marriage,—en arter a good deal⟳ uv holdin’ back, en objectin’, en fearin’, she giv’ in tew this, tew;”

“I know’d then ’twa’n’t no time to try⟳ and save⟳ the silver;”

“No, Mis’ Hildreth, ’twa’n’t that she’d aged sence I’d seen her; besides, ’twa’n’t more’n a matter⟳ of seven or eight years sence she was visitin’ her ma’s folks in Thornton.”

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