'appen
Britishadverb
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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 dunno, young sir, what you’d call superstitious, but I’ve seen some queer things in my time, and something was sure to ’appen arterwards.
From Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers by Gordon Stables
"Some'ow I thought things would 'appen," he murmured joyously.
From Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle by Herbert George Jenkins
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
Accidents will 'appen in the best regulated families.
From Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
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