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I declare

[I declare] {interj.}, {dialect} Well; oh my; truly. — Used for emphasis.

/I declare, it has been a very warm day!/

/Mother said, "I declare, John, you have grown a foot."/

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates © 2010

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