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单词 by this hat
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by this hat
P1. In phrases strengthening an assertion or expressing certainty, as †by this hat (obsolete), †my hat to a halfpenny (obsolete), etc. Now only in I'll bet my hat and variants.
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c1430 (c1380) G. Chaucer Parl. Fowls (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1871) l. 589 Wel bordit quod the doke by myn hat.
c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 1900 (MED) By þe ball, sir, I breue all þe brode werd..And be þe hat..I constru þat ilka kyng sall clyne to my-selfe.
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 556 My hat to a halfe-pennie, Pompey prooues the best Worthie. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. i. 155 By this hat, then he in the red face had it. View more context for this quotation
1726 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (ed. 2) II. xlviii. 109 I'll bet my best hat to a half-penny, they'll be able to know black from white.
1830 T. Hook Maxwell I. xi. 311I'll bet a hat,’ said his friend, ‘that that man never can be pleasant.’
1880 Chamber's Jrnl. Feb. 133/2 You can bet your hat on him being a thorough-bred un directly as you set eyes on him.
1926 People's Home Jrnl. Feb. 49/2 He seized Dick's hand and wrung it fervently. ‘Will I do it! You bet your hat I will!’
1960 Lowell (Mass.) Sunday Sun 28 Aug. 28/6 You could bet your hat that the one-man team from Haiti is..eager to do his damndest for his country.
2015 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman (Nexis) 11 Mar. (Metro section) b1 I don't expect that'll be happening any time soon. I'll bet a hat on it.
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