twan't

"They was some firin" from a little battery up on Copp's Hill, and one or two of the other ships, they let off a pop or two, but they could see 'twan't no earthly use and ceased.

A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

I thought 'twan't all wool myself, an' I know it now by the way she looked.

The Passing of Sister Barsett 1996

I screamed, of course, but 'twan't no use, then I worked that hull long night

Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two Various

Well, sir, I never went again: the words hurt like the cut of a whip, though 'twan't George that spoke them.

Stories by American Authors, Volume 1 Various

I didn't like ter stay up there alone, but when I found I got ter, I set down on the mat an '' twan't long before I'd learnt half of 'em.

Randy and Her Friends Amy Brooks

I'd hev ye t'-night if 'twan't fer jest one cussed thing.

Heart of the Blue Ridge Waldron Baily

Oh yes, suh, I knows dat he twan't de president when he was a-washing, but dem de plans dat de Lawd had done already planned and you and me never know'd nothing 'bout all dat.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration

Maybe 'twan't jest a nice way, but I had to find out.

Scattergood Baines Clarence Budington Kelland 1922

"Ah, well, 'twan't to be," he said, with an accent of weary finality; but then, suddenly out of the chill which oppressed his heart there sprang a last searing blast of astonished anguish.

Hillsboro People Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1918

"I heerd somethin 'but' twan't no motorcycles," said Nathaniel Knapp;

Pee-Wee Harris Percy Keese Fitzhugh 1913