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Posted by Leonard Blaisdell on 01/13/06 06:54
In article <pan.2006.01.13.03.53.16.709330@thurston.blinkynet.net>,
Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid> wrote:
> Summary: do-re-mi (with *some* kind of spelling) is slang for "money",
> albeit that might be spelled dough-re-mi since it's related to the shorter
> slang "dough" for "money". I don't know how long "bread" for "money" has
> been around, but IIRC it got popular/mainstream in the late 1960s; I think
> it may have been an outgrowth of "dough", which has been around for a long
> time.
Thanks for the clarification! I'm pretty sure I confused 'My Favorite
Martian' and some others from elsewhere. Nevertheless, we all toil for
the dorayme [sic].
I think she'll like that.
leo
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