'twas
English
Pronunciation
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Contraction
’twas
- (archaic or poetic) Contraction of 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:
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- '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.
- 1779, John Newton, “Amazing Grace”: