What does hadda mean?
Hadda means (nonstandard) had to.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · contraction
(nonstandard) had to.
1967-1969, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Told him I hadda be on the bus for work and he rode with me.
If I hadda known, I wouldn't've gone.
Use hadda when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hadda means (nonstandard) had to.
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1967-1969, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Told him I hadda be on the bus for work and he rode with me.
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