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who would've thunk it

who would've thunk it is the alternative form of who would have thunk it.

Meaning of who would have thunk it

Phrase

who would have thunk it?

  1. (colloquial, sarcastic, sometimes) A rhetorical question used to express incredulity: who would have guessed it?; who would have thought that would happen?
    • He stayed until he saw she had recovered her self possession, then he left, telegraphed to Mr. Hinsdale of Helen's safe arrival—always the same thoughtful fellow—and then went home and wrote sonnets to his lady love. "Who'd have thunk it of 'im?"1895 September, Frances Cora Perce, “A Sonata of the Woods”, in W. S. B. Mathews, editor, Music. A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Art, Science, Technic and Literature of Music, volume VIII, Chicago...

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