Oughten

contraction, slang

contraction, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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Contraction
  1. 1
    ought not, oughtn't colloquial, contraction, dialectal

    "I was jest a little child but I knowed I oughten to go without my clothes."

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"I was jest a little child but I knowed I oughten to go without my clothes."

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