I don't understand what exactly "if i have once, I have a hundred time" means in this context in red below.
Does "if I have once" means that if one is said to be the one like that (considered (by others) to be the businessman who brought in good slaves), then he can claim that he hears that a hundred times?
Thank you:)
I've been told so ; if I have once, I reckon I have a hundred times , This is a hyperbolic way of saying that I have been told many times ( that I'm reckoned to bring in about the finest droves of *** that is brought in).
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I've been told so ; if I have once, I reckon I have a hundred times,
This is a hyperbolic way of saying that I have been told many times (that I'm reckoned to bring in about the finest droves of *** that is brought in).