or Marigold. A million sterling. A plum is 100,000, (See Marigold.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894MarylandMarybuds A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…
Bank notes issued by the Government of the United States in 1862, during the Civil War; so called because the back is printed in green. In March, 1878, the amount of greenbacks for…
A gigantic swindle concocted in Paris by fourteen persons, who expected to net at least a million sterling. It was exposed in the Times. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…
(A), in the East Indies, means a hundred lacs of rupees, equal nominally, in round numbers, to a million sterling. (Pronounce cror, Hindustanee karor.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…
L This letter represents an ox-goad, and is called in Hebrew lamed (an oxgoad). L for fifty is half C (centum, a hundred). L for a pound sterling, is the Latin libra, a pound. With…
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