'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
Yes, but I did not know that theengs like theese were going to 'appen.
From Sinister Paradise by Robert Moore Williams
"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
"Some'ow I thought things would 'appen," he murmured joyously.
From Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle by Herbert George Jenkins
I wouldn’t have had this ’appen for ’alf a sovereign.
From The Cabinet Minister A farce in four acts by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero
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