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* {{quote-book, year=1884, author=F. Anstey, title=The Giant's Robe, chapter=, edition= citation

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

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* {{quote-book, year=1906, author=George Gissing, title=The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories, chapter=, edition= citation

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

* {{quote-book, year=1909, author=W.W. Jacobs, title=Peter's Pence, chapter=, edition= citation

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