watchaphr.
/ˈwɒtʃə/ colloquial or nonstandard.
‘What do you?’, ‘What are you?’, or ‘What have you?’
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1926 D. L. Sayers Clouds of Witness vi. 134 Hullo! Watcher mean, nap? I had got hold of a most important train of thought.
1966 ‘R. Petrie’ Dead Loss xiv. 108 Watcha gonna do, Jeff? You can't leave her here.
1967 E. Radford & M. A. Radford No Reason for Murder xxiii. 167 Watcher want with Waddy?
1969 in H. Halpert & G. M. Story Christmas Mumming in Newfoundland 95 Watcha got there, Uncle?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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phr.1926- to make prize of
- to make profert of
- to make progress
- to make proof
- to make providance
- to make providence
- to make provision
- to make public
- to make puja
- to make pull a wry face or mouth
- to make pull a wry face or mouth wry faces
- to make pull a wry face or mouth wry mouths
- to make question
- to make quick riddance
- to make quick work
- to make quick work of
- to make quit
- to make quit of
- to make raccolta
- to make ransom for
- to make rarely bear fair weather
- to make re-entry
- to make ready
- to make reanswer
- to make reckoning of