druthers n.pl. [contr. and alter. of (I, you, etc)would rather

In phrase: have (one's) druthers [or drathers] to have (one's) preference.

1870 Overland Mo. A man can't always have his 'drathers.

1936 in Botkin Treas. Amer. Folklore 217: Now, Paul knows wildcats, and he's never heard of one that'll come within a hundred yaards of a logger it it has its 'druthers.

1956Algren Wild Side 114 [ref. to ca 1930] You mean if I had my druthers? Why, if I had my druthers, I'd druther eat speckledly gravy

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1979N.Y. Post(Dec. 13) 28: Given my druther, I'd have preferred some alternative activity.

Random House Dictionary of American Slang – J.E. Lighter – Volume I – A-G The Only Historical Dictionary of Slang, Spanning Three Hundred Yeaars of Slang Use In America

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