twas

• “Gave me three answers he did; first that 'twas forty-eight, then that 'twas eighty-four and then that he'd forgot what 'twas.”

  Shavings

• “He left her well off; 'twas said he hid his money about the house and she knew where 'twas.”

  The Foreigner

• “Twas a quist a-cooing in the tree one time -- and then -- she did recollect herself and did sharpen up her tongue and 'twas another sort of bird what could drive its beak into the flesh of anyone -- so 'twas.”

  Six Plays

• “If I opened my mouth to say a word, 'twas 'Damn!' and "Bugger my eyes”

  The Eastern Light

• “Sometimes I ken hear it jes 'as sad as nuffin ye ken think ob, an' sometimes it's singin 'as ef 'twas' live and 'joicin.”

  Culm Rock The Story of a Year: What it Brought and What it Taught

• “And 'twas 'ard if they'd be wasted like, and all along o' me.”

  Rhymes of a Red Cross Man

• “You see, 'twas 'long toward the end of the season at the Old Home, and”

  Cape Cod Stories

• “She seen how 'twas 'ith me that time at your house, an' she he'ped me git away.”

  Lo, Michael!

• “At this distance o 'time I can't be sure if 'twas' Flee from the Wrath to”

  Nicky-Nan, Reservist

• “All the time to-day 'twas '_Lippety-lop, no peace for the wicked!”

  The Ship of Stars

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