"swear on a stack" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: swears on a stack [present, singular, third-person], swearing on a stack [participle, present], swore on a stack [past], sworn on a stack [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|swear<,,swore,sworn> on a stack}} 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. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: swear on a stack of Bibles
    Sense id: en-swear_on_a_stack-en-verb-ykXlOijh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "2019 May 14, Ali Vali, Stormy Seas, Bold Strokes Books Inc, →ISBN, →OCLC:",
          "text": "“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.”",
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