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'twas
[ twuhz, twoz; unstressed twuhz ]
- contraction of it was.
'twas
/ twɒz; twəz /
contraction of
- it was
Usage Note
Example Sentences
Accompanying the image was a rhyming post styled after ’Twas the Night Before Christmas, urging Tennesseans to call Lee’s office in protest: “‘Twas the week before Christmas, when all through the state, Tennesseans were begging Gov. Lee to stop with the hate.â€
His version nods to the location of MI5 headquarters in central London: "'Twas the night before Christmas when all through Thames House, not a creature was stirring, just the click of a mouse."
In the voice over, Oldman reprises the role of his Slow Horses character Jackson Lamb - a spy in charge of a group of failed MI5 agents - beginning with the poem's famous words "'Twas the night before Christmas".
Right now we’re in Christmas zone, so we’ll probably start revisiting the Christmas classics: There’s this animated movie from the ’70s that Rankin/Bass did called “’Twas the Night Before Christmas†that’s about a broken clock, essentially.
So many contenders from the 2023 season alone: “Never Been Chris’dâ€! “Catch Me If You Clausâ€! “We’re Scroogedâ€! “Yuletide the Knotâ€! “Twas the Text Before Christmasâ€!
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