I think my family would have been more familiar with 1/4 farthings !
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On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
I don't see the connection between shillings and top hats
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Shillings = what Brits once used to pay for top hats
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> (I have given up trying to work out the meaning of _dude_)
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Dude = US colloq., orig. mostly in the West; for effete Eastern and city folks out West, nowadays used in a jocular way for almost anyone (compr. to "bud," "buddy,"
"amigo,"
"pal," and, for Aussies and Brits, "mate," "matey."
Btw, what was the top-hate brigade?
Serving the tri-state area.
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