Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

swear on a stack

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables: swear on a s-tack
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Ellipsis of swear on a stack of Bibles.

Example Sentences

"“And give it a damn good Hoover down as well. The dust particles you'll suck out her tear-away top will match the must from the back room over at Benny's and I've got a crowd of standing room only who'll swear on a stack that our only dirty deed went down over there.”"
"“Good enough for me, and I'm no snitch. You can come home with a necklace of Johnsons if that's what it takes to get what we need, and I'll swear on a stack that I didn't see a thing.”"

Inflected Forms

swears on a stack (present, singular) swearing on a stack (participle, present) swore on a stack (past) sworn on a stack (participle, past)

Questions

What does swear on a stack mean?: Ellipsis of swear on a stack of Bibles.

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