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Newguest Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Cold in hand

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Does "cold in hand" mean "short of money"? I'm cold in hand (I'm short of money)

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I, a speaker of British English, have never heard or seen this expression.

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I, a speaker of British English, have never heard or seen this expression.
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That is not an expression in common use, or indeed even in the dictionaries. It seems to be outdated slang from a world gone by. From an article by Patrick Anderson of the Washington Post: "'cold in hand' is a phrase that appears in blues songs by Bessie Smith, J
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OK, thank you for the answers, guys.
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