"take the money and run"

[Fred Shapiro]

On Mon, 2 Jan 2006, Arnold M. Zwicky wrote:

> thanks, fred.  this gets it back before allen, but not to some
> original point of dissemination.

I don't think a "coiner" is going to be found for this one, nor is it easy
to differentiate its use as a catch phrase from coincidental references to
someone taking the money and running in various contexts.

Fred Shapiro


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