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  • phrase Could have.

Etymologies

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Written form of a reduction of "could have"

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Examples

  • This week's market commentary is entitled "I Should Have!?" and prods at the notion of coulda, woulda, shoulda as portfolio managers wished they had bought at Dow 8000.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2009

  • However,I am fine with "coulda" if it's in the dialogue.

    Prolific Typos and Lucky's Scrotum fusenumber8 2007

  • It's easy to feel overwhelmed by the "coulda," "woulda" and "shoulda," but with a few ideas, it's not that hard to tame this beast.

    courierpress.com Stories 2010

  • (You can imagine the kind of coulda '/ woulda' spin Hollywood would give this material.)

    indieWIRE News 2009

  • Try to make sure the details and all those things are correct because that is really, and I have to give credit to the other team as well which I am not afraid to do, at the same time you are able examine 17 [factor plays], 17 opportunities where 'coulda',

    unknown title 2009

  • Try to make sure the details and all those things are correct because that is really, and I have to give credit to the other team as well which I am not afraid to do, at the same time you are able examine 17 [factor plays], 17 opportunities where 'coulda',

    unknown title 2009

  • It doesn't come completely naturally to look up what sounds like "coulda" under "cooter," but I found it after a brief search.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 2 1984

  • "If this is something that you really want to do," he says she told him, "I don't want to hear you complain about shoulda, coulda, woulda 10 years from now."

    Demong, Lodwick carry USA's Nordic combined medal hopes 2010

  • Most of the clips were presented silently over a song by James Taylor, but they turned up the sound for a few pieces of dialogue: "I coulda been a contendah" from late screenwriter Budd Schulberg's "On the Waterfront"; and, from the late Horton Foote's "To Kill a Mockingbird": "Scout, stand up, your father's passing."

    The last test of fame: Which stars make the Academy Awards "In Memoriam" tribute reel? 2011

  • My point wasn't the woulda shoulda coulda, Steve. redneck_hippie

    Never let an oil leak go to waste? | RedState 2010

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