a-thought

He's dead in the air, an 'he goes down sideways, strikin' his face first on the rosin-canvas an 'then layin' dead, his head twisted under 'm till you'd a-thought his neck was broke.

CHAPTER X 2010

I'd a-thought he'd kept 'em in the safe down at the store.

JUST MEAT 2010

"If I had a-thought I'd have brought a dress-suit case!"

Five Thousand Miles Underground Or, the Mystery of the Centre of the Earth Roy Rockwood

The idjit must er thought he was off the Bug Light, where the water's deep right up close in; but why should he a-thought so?

Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes Maud Wilder Goodwin

"Well, well," said he nervously, "now who'd a-thought you'd finished eatin '?"

The Furnace of Gold Philip Verrill Mighels

"I wonder what Pa would a-thought of my place," he said with conscientious wistfulness.

Blue Ridge Country Jean Thomas 1945

He wus the gittin'est man -- Yo'd a-thought he wus ridin 'fer wages,' stead o 'jest prospectin'.

The Gold Girl 1921

He's dead in the air, an 'he goes down sideways, strikin' his face first on the rosin-canvas an 'then layin' dead, his head twisted under 'm till you'd a-thought his neck was broke.

Chapter 10 1913

I'd a-thought he'd kept 'em in the safe down at the store.

Just Meat 1911

And I'd a-thought if they'd moved away it'd been printed too.

Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 1908