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couldn't

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could·n't  (kdnt)
Contraction of could not.
couldn't [ˈkʊdənt]
contraction of
could not
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The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn't stand it no longer I lit out.
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