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druth·ers       [druhth-erz] Pronunciation Key
–noun Informal.
one's own way, choice, or preference: If I had my druthers, I'd dance all night.

[Origin: 1870–75; pl. of druther, (I, you, etc.) 'd rather (contr. of would rather)]
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druth·ers       (drŭth'ərz)  Pronunciation Key 
pl.n.   Informal
A choice or preference: "Given their druthers, these hell-for-leather free marketeers might sell the post office" (George F. Will).


[Alteration of the phrase 'd rather, from would rather.]

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druthers 
1895, jocular formation from I'd ruther, Amer.Eng. dialectal form of I'd rather (used by Bret Harte as drathers, 1875).

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druthers

noun
the right or chance to choose; "given my druthers, I'd eat cake" [syn: preference

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