'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
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From Time Magazine Archive
"But I never did know such a thing to 'appen before, and I don't like it, sir, not at all I don't, I'm sure."
From Witching Hill by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
"Shouldn't be surprised if things was to 'appen soon," he murmured, as he rose and carefully folded the newspaper.
From Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle by Jenkins, Herbert George
If you don't 'ave something to pull you together—I don't know what'll 'appen to you.
From Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
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