lay a wager

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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

But come, now, I would lay a wager you are no coward?”

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI by Stevenson, Robert Louis

We resemble not the celebrated comedian, Mademoiselle Duclos, to whom somebody said: "I would lay a wager, mademoiselle, that you know not your credo!"

From A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" by Fran?ois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

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

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

From Peggy Owen at Yorktown by Madison, Lucy Foster