'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
"An' where did all this 'appen?" asked Bindle.
From Adventures of Bindle by Jenkins, Herbert George
Yes, but I did not know that theengs like theese were going to 'appen.
From Sinister Paradise by Williams, Robert Moore
If we can only get out of the doldrums without breaking our hearts working the ship, there's no knowing what'll 'appen.
From The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 by Various
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