'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 Russell, John
"It's what the actor manager chaps drink in London, I 'appen to know."
From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
"I knew something 'd 'appen," replied the latter.
From The Passionate Elopement by MacKenzie, Compton
"Sit ye down," said the old lady in the same low tone, as if she were speaking to herself: "Ye are his sister, 'appen?"
From The White Peacock by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
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