withoutcha

English

Etymology

From without +‎ -cha.

Pronunciation

• enPR: wĭthʹouchə, wĭthʹouchə, IPA^(key): /wɪθˈaʊt͡ʃə/, /wɪðˈaʊt͡ʃə/
• Rhymes: -aʊtʃə

Contraction

withoutcha

1. (informal) without you
   • 2002, David Rakoff, Fraud: Essays, Anchor, →ISBN:

     Still, every April, when National Secretary's Day rolled around, many of us took sick days, genuinely nauseous with worry that we be mistook and there, on our assistants' desks, would be the asparagus-fern-and-baby's-breath-surrounded long'stemmed roses with the card from the boss who "just couldn't do it withoutcha!"

   • 2018, Lev Parikian, Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear? 200 birds, 12 months, 1 lapsed birdwatcher: 200 birds, 12 months, 1 lapsed birdwatcher, Unbound Publishing, →ISBN:

     'Aw Steve, you didn't really think we'd leave withoutcha, didja?

   • 2021, Craig R. Seaton, Some Perfect Tomorrow: True Stories of Hope in Loss, Love in Grief, and Life in Death, Yellorondack Publishing, →ISBN:

     It's hard withoutcha, but I wantcha t' know that I'm okay.