"'twas" meaning in Yola

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        "2": "it",
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      "expansion": "it + was",
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  "etymology_text": "it + was",
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        "1": "yol",
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      "expansion": "'twas",
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  "lang": "Yola",
  "lang_code": "yol",
  "pos": "contraction",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "Pages with raw sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "parents": [
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          "source": "w"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The goal-keeper, trembling, said well 'twas intended them.",
          "ref": "1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 86",
          "text": "Th' cowlee-man, fausteen, zey well 'twas ee-naate.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "it was"
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      "id": "en-'twas-yol-contraction-mZTkJD0r",
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        [
          "was",
          "was"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "t'was"
        },
        {
          "word": "'tus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "contraction"
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/twɔːz/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tuːz/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "'twas"
}

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        "2": "it",
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      },
      "expansion": "it + was",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "it + was",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yol",
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      },
      "expansion": "'twas",
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  "lang_code": "yol",
  "pos": "contraction",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The goal-keeper, trembling, said well 'twas intended them.",
          "ref": "1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 86",
          "text": "Th' cowlee-man, fausteen, zey well 'twas ee-naate.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "it was"
      ],
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          "it"
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          "was",
          "was"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/twɔːz/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tuːz/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "t'was"
    },
    {
      "word": "'tus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "'twas"
}