Samollions (further corrections)

[Sam Clements]

No doubt the Irish stole the word.  Just like the race to do that. :(

OED:  1896 G. ADE Artie vii. 63 He said I could have it for four hundred
samoleons. 1913 C. E. MULFORD Coming of Cassidy vii. 112 Sixty-two bucks,
three score an' two simoleons; all I've got, every cent. 1952 A. LOMAX
Mister Jelly Roll 194 By the late twenties the golden simoleons began
rolling in. 1977 D. ANTHONY Stud Game i. 8, I bet the limit, five thousand
simoleons.





----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Cassidy" <DanCas1 at AOL.COM>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 6:23 PM
Subject: Samollions (correction)


> Correction...
>
> Samollions
> Suim oll i  n'eineach
> A huge amount (sum), all at once
> A windfall
>
>  D. Cassidy
>
> This term for a large amount of money was used even in Ads in NYC and
> Brooklyn and Boston in the 1950s and 60s.
>