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iffen conjunction If. [DARE says this form is "perhaps pronunciation-spelling for if + and" and labels it "chiefly South, South Midland" in the U.S.]

1939 Hall Coll (Cherokee NC) Iffen you folks now knows anything about when the Confederate War ended, why you can tell just how long I’ve been in Jackson and in Swain. 1942 Hall Phonetics Smoky Mts 93 Come into the fire iffen you-ones wants to. 1974 Fink Bits Mt Speech 13 I’ll come iffen I can.

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