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verbal auxiliary \əv, before consonants also ə\Definition of OF
nonstandard
: have —used in place of the contraction 've often in representations of uneducated speech <I could of beat them easy — Ring Lardner>
Origin of OF
by alteration
First Known Use: circa 1800
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