shoulda, shouldda
(ˈʃʊdə)
repr. colloq. or vulgar pronunc. of should have (see shall v. 18).
| 1933 [see junk n.2 1 e]. 1943 C. Himes Black on Black (1973) 194 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. 1967 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. |