英和和英

短縮形

dessay

1. Pronunciation spelling of daresay.
   • 1884, F. Anstey, The Giant's Robe‎^[1]:

     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^[2]:

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

   • 1909, W.W. Jacobs, Peter's Pence‎^[3]:

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