'a

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 7.36 in modern English

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pron

Alternative form of a (“he, she, they”).

Archaic

verb

Alternative form of a (“have, had”).

Archaic

particle

Alternative form of a (“to”).

"Say, these stripes, stripes sure don’t worry me. But these chains, chains goin’ ’a kill me dead."
"Well, this one’s ’ere all right. Captain’s wife or somefink, the mate says. Least, that’s what I think he’s tryin’ ’a say, because he can’t speak no English."
"So while we’re all distracted tryin’ ’a fix it all – that’s when they strike."

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