swear on a stack

English

Verb

swear on a stack (third-person singular simple present swears on a stack, present participle swearing on a stack, simple past swore on a stack, past participle sworn on a stack)

1. Ellipsis of swear on a stack of Bibles.
   • 2003 September, Robert Bennett, The New Roman Empire‎^[1], Virtualbookworm Publishing, →ISBN, page 121:

     “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.”

   • 2019 May 14, Ali Vali, Stormy Seas‎^[2], Bold Strokes Books Inc, →ISBN, →OCLC:

     “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.”