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is there anyone who is happy with the answer to no.71'sweetener carries weight but is big money(5,5)'? I've gone round the houses with this one!
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it is not a phrase in my Chambers edition!
however, it is an american 'Roaring 1920's' criminal slang phrase which was 'immortalised' in jazz of the time .....
http://home.earthlink.net/~dlarkins/slang-pg.h tm
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~marcol/roaring20s.ht ml
http://www.connecticut-wedding-professionals.c om/twenties.html
http://www.geocities.com/ceazerus/slang.html
seems it originated in 1929!!
it is not a phrase in my Chambers edition!
however, it is an american 'Roaring 1920's' criminal slang phrase which was 'immortalised' in jazz of the time .....
http://home.earthlink.net/~dlarkins/slang-pg.h tm
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~marcol/roaring20s.ht ml
http://www.connecticut-wedding-professionals.c om/twenties.html
http://www.geocities.com/ceazerus/slang.html
seems it originated in 1929!!
Rogerr has told you the correct answer and if you follow Athenae's links this will confirm.We cannot find out why figi uses this site,the way he or she has been going on about people giving answers can only mean one thing,that is he or she gleans the answers from here.I reckon its Bethn in disguise,remember her???