c-'cause

Updated: August 24, 2026

Same name c-'cause his mother m-married her c-cousin; and there ain't much difference 'tween Dick and Fred four letters, both of 'em so if I goes wi' the letter, an' says, `I'm Fred Martin, w'y, they'll hand over the blunt, or the jewels, or wotiver it is, to me d'ee see?"

R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne - The Lively Poll: A Tale of the North Sea