coulda
(ˈkʊdə)
colloq. shortening of (I) could have.
| 1925 Dreiser Amer. Tragedy I. i. xii. 83, I coulda chucked my job. 1952 B. Malamud The Natural 91 My niece said you coulda wanted it to happen. 1966 ‘G. Douglas’ Odd Woman Out ii. 16, I only said I thought as I did. Coulda bin dreaming. 1966 J. Wainwright Crystallised Carbon Pig xi. 54, I coulda tamed him this afternoon. |