English

Contraction

and's

1. Contraction of and has.
   • 1877, William Glenn, Brighter Days for Working Men, 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, 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, page 229:

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