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Madhulk Posted 17 years ago
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A thought on the spondulicks...

I wants his body and my money tomorrow.
Oh, a thought on the spondulicks. (Money?) Hood was an outlaw,
all outlaws have a stash. And Robin Hood is now dead,
apparently. I want my cut, (He wants Robin's stash?) mind. Keep that in mind?
  

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Spondulicks - yes, money. We've both learned something - I've never heard this piece of slang. htm "cut" - he wants his share, his percentage.

— Delmobile

  • Spondulicks - yes, money.
  • We've both learned something - I've never heard this piece of slang.
  • htm "cut" - he wants his share, his percentage.
  • " Another Britishism.
  • I remember being amused by signs saying "Mind your head" in the tube when I visited London thirty years ago - in the US the same signs would say "watch your head," which is much sillier when you think about it.
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Spondulicks - yes, money. We've both learned something - I've never heard this piece of slang.

http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-spo1.htm

"cut" - he wants his share, his percentage. Since he's acting as agent or middleman, he's entitlted to a percentage of however much sp
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Yep, the article says it in the beginning - mid-nineteenth-century American slang.
And this is a British show about the 12th century. Go figure.
Thanks, D!
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When I said "another Britishism," I meant like the "want the lot" you were asking about recently. Emotion: smile

Didn't realize it sounde
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