“If I had a nickel for every time I heard it, I’ d probably be a millionaire.”

[Dan Goncharoff]

1942, with no millionaire:
Out on any limb
John Myers Myers - 1942 - 400 pages - Snippet view
"If I had a farthing for every minute he sleeps there I still wouldn't
have enough for a mug of small beer."

DanG



On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> At 9/26/2011 11:30 AM, Dan Goncharoff wrote:
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>>Turning to shilling, ...
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> Have you tried "farthing"?  Smaller than a (British) penny.
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> Joel
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