'course

alternative course

1. abbreviationellipsishypercorrectnot comparableEllipsis of of course.

   “Huck, have you ever told anybody about that?” “’Bout what?” “You know what.” “Oh—’course I haven’t.”

   1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XXIII, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 182

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   "[…]she'd probably find something wrong with him too. Wouldn't you?" He looked at me. "'Course," I said, examining the picture before exclaiming very seriously, "His hair's too greasy."

   2002, Jane Green, Bookends, trade paperback, published 2003, →ISBN, page 33