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Larry's Pretty Good Word of the Day
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Oct. 17th, 2007
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Oct. 17th, 2007
druthers
Oct
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07:25 am
druthers
- 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.
---L.
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