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It's not so much short for something as a spelling which shows a slangy pronunciation. 'A means "he", because in the slang of the day, that's how some people said it. It's rather like "ain't" which is exactly the same as the word "isn't" but used by different people.

Please note that the apostrophe comes before the a; it's 'a not a'.

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