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what'd

(colloquial) Contraction of what +‎ did. What'd he say to you?
(colloquial) Contraction of what +‎ would.
- 1902, George Horton, The Long Straight Road‎[1], page 348:I don't want to get good. What'd my wife say?
- 1916, David Graham Phillips, The second generation‎[2], page 229:What'd you have said a few months ago, Ranger?
- 1958, People Will Talk‎[3], page 39:What'd he have done?
- 2004, Hand in Hand with Tommy‎[4], page 171:What'd the neighbors say if they knew I was actually a Jew?
(colloquial) Contraction of what +‎ had.
- 1922, Medical Review of Reviews, Volume 28‎[5], page 272:What'd he done to deserve two blows like that?
- 1975, Giant Talk‎[6], page 239:What'd she done with her shoes?
- 2002, Life after Life‎[7], page 19:She was very nice, she smiled, and she said well lots of people were on probation, what'd I done?