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'Twould 'a' been just a hit-or-miss contrivance like the rest of the idees I've got indoors.

Flood Tide Sara Ware Bassett 1920

"'Twould 'a' been an almighty good joke if he had!" again piped Ellen.

The Wall Between Sara Ware Bassett 1920

''Twould' a 'paid you better to' ave kep 'your' baccy and made fags out

Between the Lines Boyd Cable 1910

'Twould'nt ha' done you eeny harm, Lance, ef you'd waited tell you was forty-five, like the Cappin, and then died a bachelor, onless you could git the right sort of pusson, -- one that had something to put to your nothing, my lad.

The Sword and the Distaff: Or, "Fair, Fat, and Forty." A Story of the South, at the Close of the Revolution by the Author of "The Partisan," "Mellichampe," "Katharine Walton," Etc. Etc. 1852

"'Twould 'a' been nails in the coffins of half the Fifth Cavalry if it

Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 Various

'Twould 'a' come tough on you and the youngsters. "

Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls Fannie E. Newberry

'Twould 'a been better to let you name her, but ye see 'twouldn't 'a been handy not to call her somethin', where I was teachin 'her every day. "

Beautiful Joe Marshall Saunders 1904

"'Twould 'a' been nails in the coffins of half the Fifth Cavalry if it

Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier Charles King 1888

"'Twould 'a' been a sight easier to 'a' waited in th 'house," observed Mr. Tisbett, composedly, proceeding to pack the array of boxes and bags in the coach, "bein's I warn't schedooled to reach here till quarter past seven.

The Adventures of Joel Pepper Margaret Sidney 1884

'Twould be the right way to serve you, an 'serve you we will.

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