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cou'd
vb. (obsolete form of could English)
Usage examples of "cou'd".
I am ty'd up in Shippes and Goodes, and cou'd not doe as you did, besides the Whiche my Farme at Patuxet hath under it What you Knowe, and wou'd not waite for my com'g Backe as an Other.
That in no less a Station than the Lieutenancy of a Province, he cou'd pick out such a Son-in-Law.
That were to give a Stab to my Client, in allowing him a Delinquent so far, that he cou'd not be sav'd without an Act of Grace.
These Roumanians plague me damnably, being officious and particular where you cou'd buy a Magyar off with a Drinke and Food.