'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
The short fellow turned, and struck at me wi' somethin'; but, lucky for me, 'appen, the lashin' horse that minute took me on the foot, and brought me down.
From Checkmate by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
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
"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
"Did yer 'appen to take a double-bed with yer, sir?" enquired Bindle.
From Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle by Herbert George Jenkins
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