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'appen

'appen is the alternative spelling of happen.

Meaning of happen

Adverb

happen (not comparable)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) maybe, perhaps.
    • Yeah, well happen if he'd gone quietly, she wouldn't have needed to show him who's in charge.2016, Sally Wainwright, Happy Valley, spoken by Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire), Manchester: Red Production Company; distributed by BBC Studios, published 2016

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Words that rhyme with 'appen

Questions about 'appen

What is 'appen the alternative spelling of?
'appen is the alternative spelling of happen.

Words near 'appen in the dictionary

  1. 'ammers
  2. 'ammiyya
  3. 'ams
  4. 'aporth
  5. 'aporths
  6. 'appen
  7. 'appier
  8. 'appiest
  9. 'appy
  10. 'aqeeda
  11. 'aqeedah

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