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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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