English

Contraction

dessay

1. Eye dialect spelling of daresay.
   • 1884, F. Anstey, The Giant's Robe:

     I've nothing partickler against him--he's steady enough, I dessay.

   • 1896, H. G. Wells, The Purple Pileus:

     "I dessay they're sent for some wise purpose," said Mr. Coombes.

   • 1906, George Gissing, The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories:

     Emma resumed an air of prudery, 'Before very long, I dessay.'

   • 1909, W.W. Jacobs, Peter's Pence:

     "Not exactly wot you could call nasty," ses Mr. Goodman, "though I dessay it would seem so to you.

Anagrams

• Syedas