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Word: oughter (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

With no one doing what they oughter...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: The Moviegoer | 3/26/1949 | See Source »

Policemen now are not allowed To do the jobs that they had oughter; Instead they have to watch the crowd Buy nylons for somebody's daughter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Spring Song | 5/13/1946 | See Source »

...Nice to have you back, Winnie!" someone shouted. "He's getting a bit old -oughter keep his trap shut!" growled a waterfront voice. Up piped a soldier: "He's done a damned good job for us in America, almost as good as he did during the war." A dockhand yelled: "Chuck him in the sea, the old bastard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Chuck Him? | 4/8/1946 | See Source »

...spot it in a minute from the way he says "Now-wait-a-minute" and "You can't do this to me," not to mention those fine old Harvard phrases, "I want me a highball," "Sister, one crack enter you and I'll smack your ears down," and "I oughter beat the pants off of you." --Submitted by Pilot-Officer F. H. Hahn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 1/6/1942 | See Source »

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