what've

[ hwuht-uhv, hwot-, wuht-, wot- ]

/ ˈʰwʌt əv, ˈʰwɒt-, ˈwʌt-, ˈwɒt- /

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contraction of what have: What've you done with the money?

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

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So it's really a take-what-you-can-get kind of situation with him.
‘Scandal’ Review: Olivia Pope Has Lost Her Damn Mind|Kevin Fallon|September 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Chant: Ve-al kulam, Eloha selichot, selach lanu, mechal lanu, kaper lanu.
Jews and Non-Jews Need to Repent for the Sins of the U.S. and Israel|Rabbi Michael Lerner|September 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Played in reverse that becomes ‘Here’s me/Here I am/What we have lost/I am the messenger of love.
The Stacks: The Judas Priest Teen Suicide Trial|Ivan Solotaroff|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If this seems like a small, so-what kind of thing to you, I submit two thoughts.
South Carolina Republicans Snub Desegregation Judge|Michael Tomasky|April 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST

It had never occurred to him the gun might still be loaded all those years after VE Day.
Accidents Happen to Gun People Too|David Frum|January 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I knew she did n't ought to go acwoss ve wiver, and I knew ve wegiment would come to me if I sent Jack home.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
Coals!what would he do with coals?Toast his cheese with em, and then come back for more.
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3)|Charles Dickens
Ay, murmured the sick woman, relapsing into her former drowsy state, what about her?what aboutI know!
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3)|Charles Dickens
Smith: No, my lud—ve're the rig'lar chimbly sveeps vot sveeps his ludship's chimblys.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
Consequently, while the direction of the what-not-how-now line is definitely fixed, their actual positions remain unestablished.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, May 16, 1917.|Various