Twarn't

"Twarn't my fault, yer honor!" replies Jehu, meek as a lamb under the gaze of the other's popgun.

Deadwood Dick, The Prince of the Road or, The Black Rider of the Black Hills Edward L. Wheeler

'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 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 for it, I would be in a sufferin 'condition.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration

'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 no coincidence," averred old Martha, solemnly.

Austin and His Friends Frederic H. Balfour

'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 Caleb Hotchkiss' blood I was referrin 'to," Walky struck in.

The Mission of Janice Day Helen Beecher Long

"'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