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ABSTRACT

An abbreviation; notably (since 1955) in ROCK 'N' ROLL, also, r'n'b, and any number of commercial contractions such as surf'n'turf, fish'n'chips, heart'n'soul. Now stands without apostrophes in the economic vocabulary of texting.