'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 knew something 'd 'appen when I see'd as how somebody had stuck a bunch of primmerroses in Blue Jenkins's toes."
From The Passionate Elopement by Compton MacKenzie
"They'll 'appen 'a done before we get up ter th' top," added the elder boy— "an' they'll none venture down th' shaft."
From The White Peacock by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
I s'pose," he said thoughtfully, "I'd sort o' miss my little bit of 'eaven if anythink wos to 'appen to 'er.
From Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle by Herbert George Jenkins
"Does there 'appen to be any place where I can get a rinse, 'Indenberg?" he enquired.
From Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles by Hebert Jenkins
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