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Aussiesalute Posted 12 years ago
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Does making a few bob for something mean to make a small amount of cash? or a small-amount of cash?
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aussiesalute Does making a few bob for something mean to make a small amount of cash? or a small-amount of cash? Yes.
- aussiesalute Does making a few bob for something mean to make a small amount of cash?
- or a small-amount of cash?
- Yes.
- That's British English.
- bob = pound The American equivalent is to make a few bucks .
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aussiesalute Does making a few bob for something mean to make a small amount of cash? or a small-amount of cash?Yes. That's British English. bob = pound
The American equivalent is to make a few bucks.
CJ
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In old-style English money, a bob was slang for a shilling.
There were 20 shillings in a pound.
Now, shillings no longer exist.
Clive
There were 20 shillings in a pound.
Now, shillings no longer exist.
Clive
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CliveNow, shillings no longer exist.So is a bob still a (non-existent) shilling, or has it become a pound?
CJ
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For those of us who still remember the old money, bob will always be shilling, Younger people who don't, and who hear expressions containing bob probably think of it as pound,
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