Fwd: "plugged, adj." - Word of the Day from the OED

[Baker, John]

        Yes, that's the point of the phrase.  My point is that, in
actuality, counterfeiters do not counterfeit nickels and never did (with
one or two minor exceptions that were notable for their oddity and are
unlikely to have had any linguistic effect).


John Baker


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Subject: Re: Fwd: "plugged, adj." - Word of the Day from the OED

On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Baker, John <JMB at stradley.com> wrote:
> The nickel historically has been of too little value

But, isn't that the point: being worth even less than the debased
value of a counterfeit of an object that, even in its genuine form, is
already of trivial value?

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-Wilson

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