Meaning & use
'Twas
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Archaic or poetic contraction of "it was."
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'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house...
'Twas a dark and stormy evening when the ship set sail.
A note on using this word
Common in older poetry and verse for meter, most famously in the opening line of "A Visit from St. Nicholas."
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