Dollars to Doughnuts

[Jesse Sheidlower]

James Landau wrote:
> In a message dated 10/08/2001 3:42:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> Bapopik at AOL.COM writes:
>
> > DOLLARS TO DOUGHNUTS
> >     The RHHDAS, under "doughnut," has 1893.
> >  1891-09-12
> >  1891-11-14
>
> I assume the citations are for the word "doughnut" rather than the phrase
> "dollars to doughnuts"?

No, the HDAS 1893 citation is for the phrase "dollars to doughnuts",
in the usual modern sense.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED