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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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A'VE = I have. Gen.Sc. [ɑ:v]Ags. 1911 V. Jacob Flemington iii.:
“A've heard worse,” replied the other calmly.
e.Per. 1894 I. Maclaren Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush 4:
Man, a've often thocht it was the prospeck o' the Schule Board.

[See A, pron. + have.]

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