'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
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 John Russell
Do you 'appen to know what it was as he got inter trouble for?
From Puppets at Large Scenes and Subjects from Mr Punch's Show by F. Anstey
"Now I wonder if anythink will 'appen before Ole Whiskers gets up in the mornin'," mused Bindle as he descended the stairs to his room.
From Adventures of Bindle by Herbert George Jenkins
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 Herbert George Jenkins
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