shouldashoulddav.
/ˈʃʊdə/ colloquial or non-standard.
Should have (see shall v. 18).
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1933 ‘J. Spenser’ Limey iii. 37 You shouldda seen him when he was only half light with a shot o' the junk (dope) he used.
1943 C. Himes in Crisis Mar. 83/2 Man, you shoulda seen them cats.
1956 ‘E. McBain’ Cop Hater in 87th Precinct (1959) 77 The kid was a Junior... Nobody shoulda given him a reefer.
1957 V. S. Naipaul Mystic Masseur iv. 55 I shoulda get married long before now.
1978 J. Irving World according to Garp xviii. 393 I guess I shoulda knocked.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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