'twas

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /twɒz/ (US, General American) IPA(key): /twʌz/ Rhymes: -ɒz, -ʌz === Contraction === 'twas (archaic or poetic) Contraction of it +‎ was, often at the beginning of a line. ==== Antonyms ==== ’twasn’t ==== See also ==== 'twere, 'tweren't 'tis, 'tisn't 'twill/'tshall/it'll, 'twon't 'twould/'twou'd, 'twouldn't/'twou'dn't === Anagrams === ATWS, AWTs, S.W.A.T., SWAT, Swat, TAWS, WSTA, sawt, staw, swat, taws, was't, wast, wats == Yola == === Alternative forms === t'was, 'tus === Etymology === Contraction of it was. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /twaz/, /tʊz/ === Contraction === 'twas it was === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 86