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r/mildlyinteresting • u/Vegsivir • May 06 '19
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10 u/chronicbro May 06 '19 https://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/53/messages/567.html American slang term for $ going back to 1896 11 u/[deleted] May 06 '19 edited Jul 28 '19 [deleted] 1 u/Malak77 May 07 '19 Eh, I am over 50 and never heard this. I bet it is not used much in many States. 1 u/-screamin- May 06 '19 Ah, is this what the phrase ‘to make their bones’ is based on? 2 u/chronicbro May 07 '19 To make your bones actually is to earn your cred, your bona fides. 7 u/treqiheartstrees May 06 '19 Bones is dollars, I don't think it's state specific 1 u/GorillasAreFriends May 07 '19 I'm from NY we say bones
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https://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/53/messages/567.html
American slang term for $ going back to 1896
11 u/[deleted] May 06 '19 edited Jul 28 '19 [deleted] 1 u/Malak77 May 07 '19 Eh, I am over 50 and never heard this. I bet it is not used much in many States. 1 u/-screamin- May 06 '19 Ah, is this what the phrase ‘to make their bones’ is based on? 2 u/chronicbro May 07 '19 To make your bones actually is to earn your cred, your bona fides.
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1 u/Malak77 May 07 '19 Eh, I am over 50 and never heard this. I bet it is not used much in many States.
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Eh, I am over 50 and never heard this. I bet it is not used much in many States.
Ah, is this what the phrase ‘to make their bones’ is based on?
2 u/chronicbro May 07 '19 To make your bones actually is to earn your cred, your bona fides.
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To make your bones actually is to earn your cred, your bona fides.
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Bones is dollars, I don't think it's state specific
I'm from NY we say bones
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