though I say it who should not

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though I say it who should not

  1. (idiomatic) Appended to a statement of self-praise, as a form of modest apology.
    • 1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby:
      We do our own work for ourselves; and do it very well, though I say it who should not.
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