Tuesday, December 20, 2005

inner dork #2

Did you know that the term, 'bucks' slang to refer to money, comes from buck skins? This goes back to colonial days when traders would come with their skins and they would be asked how many bucks (skins) and they then would be paid depending on the amount of bucks skins they had.

4 comments:

  1. I call "buckskins" something completely different.

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  2. you are a dirty, dirty boy. (kiss)

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  3. Ever seen a shaved Buck?

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