'appen
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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Far more deserving of recrimination is the illiterate dialogue inflicted on characters like Wiggins, the footman, forced to declare: “Cor blimey, I knew this was goin’ to ’appen.
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2017
Oh, les pauvres Am�ricains I Eef zis 'appen to us, we would do avrysing een our power to disobey, even smuggling.
From Time Magazine Archive
I s'pose," he said thoughtfully, "I'd sort o' miss my little bit of 'eaven if anythink wos to 'appen to 'er.
From Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle by Jenkins, Herbert George
I say we got, anyw'y, eleven pounds of this stuff, and I 'appen to know that Bendemeer's fair crazy after it.
From Where the Pavement Ends by Russell, John
It's 'appen nowt but a bit of a marlackin', an' ye shall come an' live wi' us while 'e turns up.
From Windyridge by Riley, W.
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