Twan't

"'Twan't no rat," muttered Aunt Esmerelda gloomily, shaking her head.

The Cat in Grandfather's House Carl Henry Grabo

"Twan't exackly stealin '," argued Amarilly cheerfully.

Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley Belle Kanaris Maniates

"'Twan't in this country, or you'd speak more nateral like."

Medoline Selwyn's Work Hattie E. Colter

"'Twan't so hard as you thought 'twas goin' to be, was it?"

The Brimming Cup Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1918

'Twan't nothing but a ratty old cripple of a sofy, with one leg carried away and most of the canvas in ribbons, but four men lugged it up the steps and the careful way they handled it made you think the Old Home House was a receiving tomb and they was laying in the dear departed.

Cape Cod Stories Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

'Twan't so long ago that you did nothin' BUT worry.

Kent Knowles: Quahaug Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

'Twan't last night you done 'em, Eri; 'twas the night afore.

Cap'n Eri Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

'Twan't much more'n that -- he just came into our store down home, that's all.

Mary-'Gusta Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

"'Twan't the sass'p'rilla," observed the captain, with conviction.

Cy Whittaker's Place Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

'Twan't a pretty performance to look at, but it beat the world for taking the craving for fancy cooking out of a man.

Cape Cod Stories Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907