'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
Did I 'appen to gaw of a hevenin, to looök at ma hinion patch?
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, July 23, 1887. by Various
Yes, but I did not know that theengs like theese were going to 'appen.
From Sinister Paradise by Robert Moore Williams
Oh, don't, for goodness sake, talk like that—I'm sure I don't want to see nothing 'appen.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, June 21 1890 by Various
Well, I must say and I do say that if this 'ad to 'appen, it couldn't have come more ill-convenient!
From The Brass Bottle A Farcical Fantastic Play in Four Acts by F. Anstey
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