Definitions

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  • noun rare Singular form of druthers.
  • verb US, informal Would rather; would prefer to.

Etymologies

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A corruption of I'd rather or 'd rather.

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Examples

  • The only real modification that we can think of (a "druther", if you will) to make the chair even more comfortable than it already is would be to make the seat basket area a tad wider for our legs.

    Defense Review 2009

  • The only real modification that we can think of (a "druther", if you will) to make the chair even more comfortable than it already is would be to make the seat basket area a tad wider for our legs.

    Defense Review 2009

  • The only real modification that we can think of (a "druther", if you will) to make the chair even more comfortable than it already is would be to make the seat basket area a tad wider for our legs.

    Defense Review 2009

  • The only real modification that we can think of (a "druther", if you will) to make the chair even more comfortable than it already is would be to make the seat basket area a tad wider for our legs.

    Defense Review 2009

  • The only real modification that we can think of (a "druther", if you will) to make the chair even more comfortable than it already is would be to make the seat basket area a tad wider for our legs.

    Defense Review 2009

  • Mark Twain famously said, "The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd druther not."

    Kenneth Thorpe: Hold True to Health Care Reform Commitments to Fight Chronic Disease Kenneth Thorpe 2010

  • Mark Twain famously said, "The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd druther not."

    Kenneth Thorpe: Hold True to Health Care Reform Commitments to Fight Chronic Disease Kenneth Thorpe 2010

  • If you live in or around Portland, you really should go eat there, or if you'd druther, drink there.

    The Hotel California Steve Perry 2010

  • If you live in or around Portland, you really should go eat there, or if you'd druther, drink there.

    Archive 2010-03-01 Steve Perry 2010

  • The anti-gun crowd allows as how they think Big Coffee should forbid its patrons from carrying whilst ordering java and scones in its shops -- retail places can do that, if they'd druther.

    Strapped Steve Perry 2010

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