didn’t oughter n.
1. water.
AS XXI:1 Feb. 46: mother and daughter. Water. (Origin doubtful, probably English.) This again, if English, is rare. I have never heard anything except ratcatcher’s daughter (from a popular song of the 1850’s), or didn’t ought ter. | ‘Some Notes on Rhyming Argot’ in||
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Wicked Cockney Rhy. Sl. |
2. a daughter.
Signs of Crime 180: Didn’t oughter Daughter. |