lay a wager
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They started for the main street at a trot, and Vane panted out:— “I’ll lay a wager that the engine’s locked up, and that they can’t find the keys.”
From The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias by Cooper, A.W.
"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 the miser outbids every one of you,—even rich generous Marigny here!”
From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Reid, Mayne
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 durst lay a wager," said Don Quixote, interrupting him, "that now thou art suffered to prate without interruption, thou feelest no manner of pain in thy whole body.
From The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
