'twas
English
Pronunciation
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Contraction
’twas
- (archaic or poetic) it was.
- 1779, John Newton, “Amazing Grace”:
- ’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, / […]
- 1823, perhaps Clement Clarke Moore, “A Visit from St. Nicholas”:
- ’Twas the night before Christmas, […]
- 1871, Lewis Carroll, “Jabberwocky”, in Through the Looking-Glass:
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- 1779, John Newton, “Amazing Grace”: