ye'd

A form of ye — You (the people being addressed).

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Meanings

contraction
  1. abbreviationarchaiccontractioninformalContraction of ye + had.

    Isn't that my baby you're carryin', and wasn't I the best lover ye'd ever met?

    2017, David Bischoff, Charles Sheffield, The Selkie
  2. abbreviationarchaiccontractioninformalContraction of ye + would.

    “Ye'd beat me?” She was suddenly breathless. “Really, Bertie? Ye'd beat me?”

    1995, Catherine Coulter, The Duke, →ISBN
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    If ye bring ye'er wife f'r to see th'game, an' she has her name in th'paper, that counts ye wan. So th'first thing ye do is to find th'raypoorter, an' tell him ye're there. Thin ye ordher a bottle iv brown pop, an' have ye'er second fan ye with a towel. Afither this ye'd dhress, an' here ye've got to be dam particklar or ye'll be stuck f'r th' dhrinks.

    2012, Jeff Silverman, Classic Golf Stories: 26 Incredible Tales from the Links, →ISBN, page 169

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with ye'd

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Cite this entry
APA

ye'd. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ye'd

MLA

“ye'd.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ye'd. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ye'd,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ye'd.

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