buck?

[Ben Zimmer]

On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>
> At 10/26/2010 01:45 AM, Ben Zimmer wrote:
> >Same goes for weight: the cites above seem to bottom out at "a buck oh five."
>
> Sure -- below  that you're just a 99 pound weakling.

"I’m small (my friends call me 90 cent because I don’t even weigh a buck)..."
http://www.sixintheworld.com/2006/06/17/the-tale-of-the-traveling-shirts/

--bgz

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