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oughter

oughter contraction: ought to.

Contraction

oughter

  1. (archaic, contraction, dialectal) Ought to.
    • "'Ullo, Chink!" he exclaimed with an offensive heartiness, "blimey if I didn't take you for a ruddy waxwork. You didn't oughter scare a bloke like that, making out as you wasn't real. Boss in?"1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London

Questions about oughter

What does oughter mean?
Oughter means ought to.
What part of speech is oughter?
Oughter is a contraction.

Words near oughter in the dictionary

  1. ought
  2. ought to
  3. ought-not-ness
  4. oughta
  5. oughten
  6. oughter
  7. Oughterard
  8. oughtest
  9. oughteth
  10. Oughtibridge
  11. oughties

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