lay a wager

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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

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

Of those renowned in life I will lay a wager I will find more that have died before they came to five-and-thirty years than after.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

"Now, I'll lay a wager you are thinking about me!" cried Hoffland; "perhaps you still revolve in your mind my various delinquencies."

From The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 by Anonymous

I’ll lay a wager this is the spot where they live when they’re at home and go yowling about.”

From The Golden Magnet by Fenn, George Manville