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prettygoodworddruthers - n., choice or preference.
One's own way. Always plural. Another colorful 19th century American coinage, in this case a dialectical alteration of 'd rather, short for would rather. In this spelling, from 1895; as drathers, since 1875.
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One's own way. Always plural. Another colorful 19th century American coinage, in this case a dialectical alteration of 'd rather, short for would rather. In this spelling, from 1895; as drathers, since 1875.
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