'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
Now, with a ma like you," he paused eloquently, "it was bound to 'appen.
From Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles by Jenkins, Hebert
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
"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)
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