lay a wager

Example Sentences

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Nobody is stirring there yet, I'll lay a wager.

From Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century by Marshall, Emma

"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

"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

Wilt lay a wager on’t, my little maid?”

From Peggy Owen at Yorktown by Madison, Lucy Foster

I’ll lay a wager with you that this car tumbles off the bank before five minutes are past.”

From Lord Stranleigh Abroad by Barr, Robert