what'd
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- (colloquial) Contraction of what did.
- What'd he say to you?
- (colloquial) Contraction of what would.
- 1902, George Horton, The Long Straight Road[1], page 348:
- I don't want to get good. What'd my wife say?
- 1916, David Graham Phillips, The second generation[2], page 229:
- What'd you have said a few months ago, Ranger?
- 1958, People Will Talk[3], page 39:
- What'd he have done?
- 2004, Hand in Hand with Tommy[4], page 171:
- What'd the neighbors say if they knew I was actually a Jew?
- (colloquial) Contraction of what had.