and's

See also: ands, ANDs, and ånds

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: ăndz
• IPA^(key): /ændz/

Contraction

and's

1. Contraction of and has.
   • 1877, William Glenn, Brighter Days for Working Men‎^[1], page 295:

     I’ve work on coffee ever since,
     And’s been as happy as a prince,
     And eat like other men.

2. Contraction of and his.
   • 1668, Alexander Brome, Songs and other Poems‎^[2], page 128:

     No ſooner the money for this was brought hither,
     But a croud of true Letters came flocking together,
     How Hotham and’s army , and others were beaten.

3. Contraction of and is.
   • 1668, Alexander Brome, Songs and other Poems‎^[3], page 229:

     Nay th’ Earth it ſelf, on which we tread (they ſay)
     Turns round and’s moving ſtill ; then why not they?

Anagrams

• DNAs, Dans, NADS, NDAs, dans, nads, sand