May've

Contraction

 * 1) may have
 * 2) * 2004, Jan Needle, The spithead nymph (page 139)
 * "He may've hid?" asked Bentley. The boatswain nodded an affirmative. "He may've, sir. But we looked and searched a bit, and we found nothing. We flushed a few more drunken buggers out for locking up, but no Black Bob. I'm sorry, sir, but I wouldn't be surprised..."