'twouldn't

A form of it — The third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract entity, or non-human living thing.

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Meanings

contraction

alternative ’twou’dn’t

  1. abbreviationarchaiccontractionContraction of it + would + not.
    1 more example

    My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.

    1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter III, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC

Origin

’twould + -n’t or 't + wouldn't

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APA

'twouldn't. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'twouldn't

MLA

“'twouldn't.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'twouldn't. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “'twouldn't,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'twouldn't.

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