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English
Pronunciation
Contraction
’twas
- (archaic or poetic) Contraction of it was.
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.
2012 May 8, “Noble Knight Artorigus”, in Galactic Overlord, Konami:’Twas the first of many feats so great,
A legend through and through. We sing of him,
Artorigus, the Noble and the brave.
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Anagrams
- ATWS, AWTs, S.W.A.T., SWAT, Swat, TAWS, WSTA, sawt, staw, swat, taws, was't, wast, wats
Yola
Alternative forms
Etymology
it + was
Pronunciation
Contraction
'twas
- it was
1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 86:Th' cowlee-man, fausteen, zey well 'twas ee-naate.- The goal-keeper, trembling, said well 'twas intended them.
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 86