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DrWatson · 70-79, M
I actually once saw a double contraction like that, with two apostrophes, in a piece of 19th century writing. I might have been one of Jane Austen's letters. I don't remember what word it was. I think they used lots of abbreviations and contractions because paper was scarce and expensive.