meaning 'small one', and 'bender', because sixpence coins were thin and easily bendable. It's because of this latter nickname that we know refer to getting drunk as 'going on a bender' – sixpence used to be enough money to get quite drunk!
Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Goree, Money, but chiefly Gold. Old-Mr.-Gory, a piece of Gold. 1754 Scoundrel’s Dict. 18: A Piece of old Gold – Old Mr. Gory. 1785, 1788, 1796 Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue. 1811 Lex. Balatronicum. 1823 Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. ...
7.A wealthy person, family, or group:to come from old money; to marry into money. Idioms: for (one's) money According to one's opinion, choice, or preference:For my money, it's not worth the trouble. in the money 1.SlangRich; affluent. ...
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Sure, kids these days probably know that banks are closed on holidays and Sundays. But in the 1920s, the slang phrasebank's closedhad nothing to do with where you got your money from. Instead, this meant "no kissing" or "no making out." So you could tell that guy you're not intere...
You Pays Yer Money and You Takes Yer Choice : British Slang for Pounds and Pennies, Old and Newdoi:10.1179/nam.1973.21.1.1LeonardR.N.AshleyInformaworldNames
Tin– A slang word for money. ‘Kelter,’‘dimes,’‘dough,’ rocks,’ and many other words are used in the same manner. We never puttinon a horse to win, Lack ofoofexplains it partly, But the horse that will be in the final three, ...
"Luftmensch," literally meaning "air person," is the Yiddish way of describing someone who is a bit of a dreamer. Did You Know? Lexicographers at Dictionary.com are constantly writing definitions for new words to add to the site.
In Old English, a word for journey wasfaru[ˈfɑ.ru]. It’s related to the modern Englishfare(money paid for transport, a paying passenger, food and drink), which used to mean a journey, voyage, course or passage.Farewellalso comes from the same roots [source]. ...