lay a wager
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They know that they have done wrong; and I’d lay a wager, there’s not an hour of the day that they’re not thinking of me, and dreading that I will make my appearance.
From Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone by Beach, Charles A.
"There, you are talking about flowers, I lay a wager," she says, returning the bow of Jacques, and laughing.
From The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 by Anonymous
We did lay a wager, but I had no idea that the youngster would decide it in that preposterous way.
From Vineta The Phantom City by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
I’ll lay a wager the miser outbids every one of you,—even rich generous Marigny here!”
From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Reid, Mayne
I will lay a wager that he sold it for six.”
From Anecdotes for Boys by Newcomb, Harvey
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