"let's not and say we did" meaning in English

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          "text": "“We must go on to the Gulf of the St. Lawrence, Pa,” said Seb, bravely. “We can't feel any worse.”\n“Let's not and say we did,” groaned the sick father from his position of vantage at the rail.",
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          "ref": "1947, James Thomas Farrell, The Life Adventurous and Other Stories, Vanguard Press, page 286:",
          "text": "\"Let's kick in a window on George,\" Dick Buckford said.\n \"Let's not and say we did,\" Andy Houlihan said.",
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        "Indicates that the speaker does not agree with a proposed action, and does not wish to participate."
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