on the excretory practices of American eagles

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

>I used to hear "[when] the eagle flies" = "[when] one gets paid" referring
>to payday. I suspect this was the original, essentially "[when] the eagle
>becomes apparent". "The eagle" refers to $10 just as "the dollar" refers to
>$1, I think, so "the eagle" = "money". 
 
As in the old blues song, "Stormy Monday".

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