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Noun
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An apostrophe added to a Scots word in order to give the appearance that it is a contraction of an English word.

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contraction scots appearance english
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Rhyming Words
raphe ouphe diphe rhaphe elaphe nymphe strophe adolphe rodolphe triomphe erysiphe theosophe philosophe christophe anastrophe apostrophe epistrophe pseudoraphe hypostrophe bathyscaphe
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