Twarn

'Twarn't twenty feet from the top o' that tree to the ground, but I even remembered how I stole my sister Jane's rag baby when I couldn't more'n toddle around marm's shanty -- that's right!

Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp Or, Lost in the Backwoods Alice B. Emerson

'Twarn't only her pretty face that brought men like bees about the place; there was many as would ha' asked for her, if she'd been as homely as a door nail.

The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 2, February, 1891 Various

"'Twarn't Caleb Hotchkiss' blood I was referrin 'to," Walky struck in.

The Mission of Janice Day Helen Beecher Long

"'Twarn't no coincidence," averred old Martha, solemnly.

Austin and His Friends Frederic H. Balfour

'Twarn't fancy shootin', like they hes on the stage yo 'war er-speakin of, p'raps, but hit took a stiddy hand an' a clar eye ter do the trick.

'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands Eliot H. Robinson

'Twarn't through no blabbin', take my word for that: 'twas a reg'lar right-down set scheme from beginnin 'to end, and that's why I should ha' liked to ha 'give 'em a payin'-out that they wouldn't ha' forgot in a hurry.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 Various

"'Twarn't a man, 'twas a gal," put in young Adam, "I seed Molly Merryweather goin 'toward the low grounds as I come up."

The Miller of Old Church 1911

'Twarn't my' sires fer a weddin 'so close to a fun'ral, but Lor', chile, dars a diffurunce in doin 'things, an' it 'pears dis weddin's comin' out all right.

Hagar's Daughter: A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice Pauline Elizabeth 1902

'Twarn't for crows then, for it brought the clegs and the dowps to him.

Dracula 1897

'Twarn't no use flingin' down them rocks, though, an 'gittin' 'em bruk.

The Riddle Of The Rocks 1895 Mary Noailles Murfree 1886