"'twould" meaning in English

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          "ref": "[1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC:",
          "text": "‘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.’",
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        "(archaic) Contraction of it would."
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        "(archaic) Contraction of it would."
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