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David Amicus
May 14, 2014, 12:55:06 AM5/14/14
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This says that rhino is slang for money. Anyone familiar with it? I've not heard it used on the show.
http://www.constellationsofwords.com/Constellations/Monoceros.htm
http://www.constellationsofwords.com/Constellations/Monoceros.htm
kat
May 14, 2014, 3:36:25 AM5/14/14
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"David Amicus" <ami...@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> This says that rhino is slang for money. Anyone familiar with it? I've not
> heard it used on the show.
>
>
> http://www.constellationsofwords.com/Constellations/Monoceros.htm
I think I have heard it on some shows and films but it isn't something used
> heard it used on the show.
>
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> http://www.constellationsofwords.com/Constellations/Monoceros.htm
around here.
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kat
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GordonD
May 14, 2014, 5:34:52 AM5/14/14
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"David Amicus" wrote in message
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This says that rhino is slang for money. Anyone familiar with it? I've not
heard it used on the show.
I've heard of it but not in actual usage. It sounds a bit public school.
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Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland
MartinS
May 16, 2014, 2:09:22 PM5/16/14
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"GordonD" <g.d...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> "David Amicus" wrote...
of the word, which OED dates back to the 17th century. It's not likely a
contraction of rhinoceros, which wasn't discovered by British explorers
until 1884. It's not cockney rhyming slang, either.
One creative suggestion in Wikipedia says:
Ready money (i.e. available cash) has for centuries been referred to in
the United Kingdom as "rhino"; Brewer* equates this term with "paying
through the nose", rhino- being a Greek prefix referring to the nose,
that is, paying in cash.
* Brewer, E. Cobham (1978). Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable.
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Martin S
> "David Amicus" wrote...
>
> This says that rhino is slang for money. Anyone familiar with it? I've
> not heard it used on the show.
>
> ==================================
> I've heard of it but not in actual usage. It sounds a bit public
> school.
Googling around, it seems there is no definitive answer as to the origin
> This says that rhino is slang for money. Anyone familiar with it? I've
> not heard it used on the show.
>
> ==================================
> I've heard of it but not in actual usage. It sounds a bit public
> school.
of the word, which OED dates back to the 17th century. It's not likely a
contraction of rhinoceros, which wasn't discovered by British explorers
until 1884. It's not cockney rhyming slang, either.
One creative suggestion in Wikipedia says:
Ready money (i.e. available cash) has for centuries been referred to in
the United Kingdom as "rhino"; Brewer* equates this term with "paying
through the nose", rhino- being a Greek prefix referring to the nose,
that is, paying in cash.
* Brewer, E. Cobham (1978). Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable.
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Martin S
kat
May 17, 2014, 8:12:55 AM5/17/14
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"MartinS" <m...@my.place.invalid> wrote in message
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> "GordonD" <g.d...@btinternet.com> wrote:
>> "David Amicus" wrote...
>>
>> This says that rhino is slang for money. Anyone familiar with it? I've
>> not heard it used on the show.
>>
>> ==================================
>> I've heard of it but not in actual usage. It sounds a bit public
>> school.
>
> Googling around, it seems there is no definitive answer as to the origin
> of the word, which OED dates back to the 17th century. It's not likely a
> contraction of rhinoceros, which wasn't discovered by British explorers
> until 1884. It's not cockney rhyming slang, either.
>
One source I found had them in Europe in the 16th century and the first in
>> "David Amicus" wrote...
>>
>> This says that rhino is slang for money. Anyone familiar with it? I've
>> not heard it used on the show.
>>
>> ==================================
>> I've heard of it but not in actual usage. It sounds a bit public
>> school.
>
> Googling around, it seems there is no definitive answer as to the origin
> of the word, which OED dates back to the 17th century. It's not likely a
> contraction of rhinoceros, which wasn't discovered by British explorers
> until 1884. It's not cockney rhyming slang, either.
>
England in 1684 - but that is still later than the first uses of the word.
> One creative suggestion in Wikipedia says:
>
> Ready money (i.e. available cash) has for centuries been referred to in
> the United Kingdom as "rhino"; Brewer* equates this term with "paying
> through the nose", rhino- being a Greek prefix referring to the nose,
> that is, paying in cash.
>
> * Brewer, E. Cobham (1978). Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable.
>
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kat
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