'twas
Americancontraction
Usage
See contraction.
Example Sentences
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From BBC
His version nods to the location of MI5 headquarters in central London: "'Twas the night before Christmas when all through Thames House, not a creature was stirring, just the click of a mouse."
From BBC
In the voice over, Oldman reprises the role of his Slow Horses character Jackson Lamb - a spy in charge of a group of failed MI5 agents - beginning with the poem's famous words "'Twas the night before Christmas".
From BBC
Right now we’re in Christmas zone, so we’ll probably start revisiting the Christmas classics: There’s this animated movie from the ’70s that Rankin/Bass did called “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” that’s about a broken clock, essentially.
From Los Angeles Times
So many contenders from the 2023 season alone: “Never Been Chris’d”! “Catch Me If You Claus”! “We’re Scrooged”! “Yuletide the Knot”! “Twas the Text Before Christmas”!
From Los Angeles Times
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