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dessay en · X

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  1. (alt-of, contraction, pronunciation-spelling) Pronunciation spelling of daresay.
    alt of daresay
    • "Not exactly wot you could call nasty," ses Mr. Goodman, "though I dessay it would seem so to you. 1909, W.W. Jacobs, Peter's Pence:
    • I've nothing partickler against him--he's steady enough, I dessay. 1884, F. Anstey, The Giant's Robe:
    • "I dessay they're sent for some wise purpose," said Mr. Coombes. 1896, H. G. Wells, The Purple Pileus:
    • Emma resumed an air of prudery, 'Before very long, I dessay.' 1906, George Gissing, The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories: