"'t" meaning in English

See 't in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-'t.wav
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  1. (archaic or eye dialect) Contraction of it. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, archaic, contraction, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: it
    Sense id: en-'t-en-pron-7dwGjRZY Categories (other): English eye dialect, English pronouns Disambiguation of English pronouns: 50 50
  2. (eye dialect) Contraction of that. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: that
    Sense id: en-'t-en-pron-THPKJ4bF Categories (other): English eye dialect, English pronouns Disambiguation of English pronouns: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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