wud
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of wud
see origin at wood 2
Example Sentences
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“Hey, I wud prefer to not breathe any more life into this current press cycle but I want to de-escalate the narrative atm,” she wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2023
I took him by the collar and said, loud enough for the crowd to hear, ‘Ye wud hae kiekit it oot, wud ye?’
From Golf Digest ● May 11, 2020
Sometimes I wud go up to a Kar, inside of which there is a Dog, and, due to speeking decent Dog, wud be like: How’s it going?
From The Guardian ● Oct. 21, 2017
Kwaking there under the moon, I wud remember the nise way Fox 7 had of doing a nose-nudge, if a frend of his mite be feeling low.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 21, 2017
I reckon He wud beat us a' at the ropin' an' ridin' an' sich like.
From The Warden of the Plains and Other Stories of Life in the Canadian North-west by John Maclean
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