I hope I may be shot

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I hope I may be shot

1. (colloquial, archaic) Alternative form of I wish I may be shot
   • 1838, Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths, The Monthly Review, volume 147, page 10:

     We average more physical, moral, and intellectual force than any people on the face of the airth ; we are a right-minded, strong-minded, sound-minded, and high-minded people, I hope I may be shot if we ain't.