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Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–).  The Columbia Guide to Standard American English.  1993.
 
guesstimate (n., v.)
 
 
This Americanism is a blend (of guess and estimate) serving as both noun and verb, and it is slang in both functions: I’d say there are one hundred of them, but it’s just a guesstimate. I’ll guesstimate their numbers at twice that.  1
 
 
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