Hadda

contraction

contraction ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Contraction
  1. 1
    had to contraction, nonstandard

    "1967-1969, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Told him I hadda be on the bus for work and he rode with me."

  2. 2
    had (used in conditional statements; compare had've) Canada, US, contraction, nonstandard

    "If I hadda known, I wouldn't've gone."

  3. 3
    had a contraction, nonstandard

Synonyms

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got to

Example

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"I didn't wear the bowler at At Hadda."

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