Very sure. A reduplication used by Southey, 1804, but obs. in England. N.E.D.
1852. If he succeeded, his escape was sartin sure.H. C. Watson, Nights in a Block-house, p. 81 (Phila.).
1856. The old man would certain sure get riled, and I dont want no ill feelins twixt him and me.Geikie, In Wyoming, Knick. Mag., xlviii. 432 (Oct.).
1862.
Thet night, I tell ye, she looked some! | |
She seemed to ve gut a new soul, | |
For she felt sartin-sure he d come, | |
Down to her very shoe-sole. | |
J. R. Lowell, The Courtin. |