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- phrase archaic Contraction of
it is not .
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’tis + -n’t
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bilby commented on the word 'tisn't
"'I would with great pleasure,' replied the drunk politely, 'but 'tisn't only the carriage. 'Tis my travelling-companion. I'm a lonely man; I parted my best friend this very night; I found one to console me, and then when I turned my back - God took her!'"
- Frank O'Connor, 'In The Train'.
September 5, 2008