"cudn't" meaning in English

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Contraction

Head templates: {{head|en|contraction|head=}} cudn't, {{en-cont}} cudn't
  1. Pronunciation spelling of couldn't. Tags: alt-of, contraction, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: couldn't Related terms: dudn't, wudn't
    Sense id: en-cudn't-en-contraction-FGA-DSoi Categories (other): English pronunciation spellings

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          "text": "'Theer's Miss So-and-so bin doon here and gaan on ivver so and glen me sic a blackin' as never was, becos I telt her I cudn't git her intil t' auld grund noa-ways, and I telt her she mud just lig in t' new grund and mud be weel content, an aw, for it was a deal sweeter.' 'And,' added old Joe, 'theer's nowt so queer as folk, specially wick uns.'",
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          "text": "[...] maybe Yanagi b'liefed us an' maybe he din't, but he bartered us fungusdo' for rockfish an' warned us Waimea Town weren't so friendsome as it'd been once, nay, Kona say-soed'n'knucklied ficklewise an' you cudn't guess their b'havin's.",
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