"I 'm" meaning in English

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Contraction

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  1. Obsolete form of I'm. Tags: alt-of, contraction, obsolete Alternative form of: I'm
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          "ref": "1857 [1845], Peter Still, “Ye needna’ be courtin’ at me”, in Charles Rogers, editor, The Modern Scottish Minstrel; or, The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century. […], volume IV, Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, […], page 222:",
          "text": "“I ’ll busk you as braw as a queen, sweet lass, / I ’ll busk you as braw as a queen; / I ’ve guineas to spare, an’, hark ye, what ’s mair, / I ’m only twa score an’ fifteen, sweet lass, / Only twa score an’ fifteen.”",
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          "text": "“I ’m wonderin’ too what he ’ll say, an’ where he ’ll preach her.”",
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          "ref": "1907, Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine, page 544:",
          "text": "And, first you know, queer shadows steal / From out the corners, so / Right where I hung my clothes I ’m sure / There ’s Something moves, and oh, / I feel a crawly, creepy chill / ’Way from my head to feet, / And little girls feel comf’tabler / To hid beneath the sheet!",
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