'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
"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 Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
If you wants to see somethink wot'll make you 'appy, you jest make Calves whistle or 'um, 'Ginger, You're Barmy,' then you see wot'll 'appen.
From Adventures of Bindle by Jenkins, Herbert George
"I shouldn't be surprised if things was to 'appen in this funny little 'ole," he remarked, as he passed on his way up the road.
From Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle by Jenkins, Herbert George
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
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