lay a wager
Example Sentences
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Master Walter Wade, I’d lay a wager, that before Mistress Lora Lovelace be of age, she’ll choose her own guardian—one who will not object to her staying at Bulstrode for the remainder of her life.
From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne
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.
"I will lay a wager," quoth Sancho, "you took me from the first, only you had a mind to puzzle me, that you might hear some more of my blunders."
From Heathen Mythology by Various
Wilt lay a wager with me that another two months will not find John Drayton fighting by my side?
From Peggy Owen at Yorktown by Madison, Lucy Foster
Nobody is stirring there yet, I'll lay a wager.
From Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century by Marshall, Emma
