Definition of "couldna" [couldna]

• Could not have. (phrase)

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• "I heard him sayin 'he could not be everywhere at yince, an' couldna 'both watch coal thieves an' tattie stealin 'at yin an' the same time. ""
• "“I couldna think straight for worry that Moreland had taken you away,” he whispered when he broke the kiss."
• "Eckerlund, if your knowledge of outdoorsmanship is as weak as your knowledge of the constitution, you couldna gut a fish if it came with a zipper."