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should-be, n. and a.|ˈʃʊdbiː|
a. n. What should be.
b. adj. That should be.
1790A. Seward Lett. (1811) III. 35 What says Prior, when he describes the should-be of artists' conduct to each other! 1878W. James in Jrnl. Speculative Philos. XII. 14 The interest of survival..has hitherto been treated as an ideal should-be. 1885G. M. Hopkins Let. 24 Apr. (1938) 107 God grant it may not be..that the should-be receiver was dead. 188719th Cent. Aug. 210 His should-be helpmate. 1951[see is n.]. |