Spec
[spek] or [spɛk]
Examples
- Don't you think one of the daughters would be a good spec for me, Ma'am? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Now, you see, get all dese yer hosses loose, caperin' permiscus round dis yer lot and down to de wood dar, and I spec Mas'r won't be off in a hurry. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- One instance of Aristotle's combining philosophical spec ulation with acute observation of natural phenomena is afforded by his work on generation and development. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I swore arterwards, sure as ever I spec'lated and got rich, you should get rich. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- We's been in a good family, I specs. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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