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wouldn't
wouldn't
See also: wouldnt
English
Contraction
wouldn't
- Contraction of would not.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 6, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.
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See also
- Appendix:English modal verbs
- Appendix:English tag questions