(Old English). To think or suppose; to calculate; to conjecture; to form a judgment. The Southern equivalent of the Northern “guess” and the New England “calculate”. This word is still provincial in some counties of the North of England, in sense of to think, to believe, etc. is a survival of an old English usage “For I reckon that the sufferings of this time…(Romans 8:18)”.
And then, I went on the hotel, the Rice Hotel.
The Catholic boy and a few associates of his
went down to develop Mr. Best's pictures.
Said, "What do you think about that?"
Said, "Reckon that could've been?"
