lay a wager
Example Sentences
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"I would lay a wager that thou art in love with her already," said Selim.
From Hania by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
"Let us lay a wager on it," said the Englishmen.
From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)
I will lay a wager, that your whole hospital has not had so much small-pox as Mrs. Katy Quincy.
From Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams by Adams, Abigail
I will lay a wager it is the servant of the officer with whom you are in love.
From The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern by Goldoni, Carlo
I'll lay a wager Chatterton will give you a lot of stuff like the "Friar's Bridge" when he sees you.'
From Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century by Marshall, Emma
