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hadda en · X

Meanings

1. (contraction, nonstandard) had to
   • 1967-1969, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Told him I hadda be on the bus for work and he rode with me.
2. (Canada, US, contraction, nonstandard) had (used in conditional statements; compare had've)
   • If I hadda known, I wouldn't've gone.
3. (contraction, nonstandard) had a