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English Alternative forms en 'twou'd ’twou’d obsolete Contraction contr en archaic en it would. en 1930 w:Captain Dingle Seaworthy Cambridge, Mass. w:The Riverside Press In Conclusion 34 274 https://archive.org/details/seaworthy00ding/page/274/mode/1up?q=%22twould%22 ‘Mebbe you’re right, Jed. Mebbe you’re right,’ sighed Peter. ‘I don’t see how you missed your master’s license, though. ’Twould ha’ bin fitter for a master to own shares in his ship than a fust mate.’ 1934 ‘It is well the earth gave way’, the sexton was saying, ‘on a night when we were here to find it. I was in the graveyard myself after midday, and all was snug and tight then. ’Twould have been awkward enough to have the hole stand open through the day, for any passer-by to light on.’ Synonyms en it'd it’d en contractions twould