hadn't've

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hadn't've

  1. (nonstandard) hadn't (Contraction of had not have.)
    • 2008, Karen Templeton, A Mother's Wish, →ISBN, page 172:
      If she hadn't've stayed...if she hadn't've come...if she hadn't've cut off communication with the Blacks all those years ago...if she hadn't've given up Robbie...if she hadn't've gotten pregnant to begin with...