twad

For, I love ye, lass -- an '' twad be sair hard to see ye spend ye're life repentin 'the mistake of a moment.

Prairie Flowers 1921

A mon 'twad steal anither's wife, wad scarce hold high his ain.

Prairie Flowers 1921

It was a new idea tae me, and I'd no notion 'twad be a gude thing for both the company and me tae ha' me makin 'records.

Between You and Me Harry Lauder 1910

Or, d'ye think, Wullie, 'twad be soilin' his dainty fingers?

Bob, Son of Battle Alfred Ollivant 1900

"They're not sayin 'so, and if they were' twad be a lie," the boy answered angrily.

Bob, Son of Battle Alfred Ollivant 1900

"Bricks, 'twad seem," the other answered, staying his flight.

Bob, Son of Battle Alfred Ollivant 1900

Gin I'd had ma chance, aiblins 'twad be -- a good man wi' just a spice o 'the devil in him.

Bob, Son of Battle Alfred Ollivant 1900

"Ay, they tell't me that gin ony man knew 'twad be David M'Adam."

Bob, Son of Battle Alfred Ollivant 1900

'Tweer I that laid him out, poor aad fellow, and a dow man he was when aught went cross wi' him; and he cursed and sweared, twad gar ye dodder to hear him.

J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3 Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 1843

'What a great green monster of a man it is,' exclaimed a meagre elderly lady, with a strong northern accent, to a tall bony red-whiskered man, who seemed to be her husband -- 'Do na ye think' twad a looked mair dedicate in a kilt? '

Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. Or, The Rambles And Adventures Of Bob Tallyho, Esq., And His Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall, Through The Metropolis; Exhibiting A Living Picture Of Fashionable Characters, Manners, And Amusements In High And Low Life (1821) John Badcock 1823