Thanks to you Slang Dictionary owners for the "frogskin" definitions. I have this eerie feelins that "foreskin" was either a really bad typo (for "frogskin," again), or else entirely made-up. ====================== ================================= Michael D. Sharp "And trewely he were a greet fool msharp@umich.edu that wolde kisse the mouth of a Department of English brennynge oven or of a fourneys." University of Michigan --The Parson On Thu, 23 Jan 1997, James Stephenson wrote: > Michael asks-- > > About "frogskins" and "foreskin": Do they both mean "money," or something > > more specific? Or something entirely different? > > >From _The Random House dictionary of American slang_: "Frogskin n. a > U.S. banknote; (specif.) a one-dollar bill; (pl.) money. (With usage > dating back to 1902, and as recently as a 1987 episode of "Miami Vice." > A frogskin = greenback) > > "Foreskins" is still a mystery; the Random House dictionary only > mentions this as Army and prison slang for creamed chipped beef. > Wentworth's _Dictionary of American slang_ has no entry at all. > > Jim Stephenson > - > # RARA-AVIS: To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" > # to majordomo@icomm.ca > - # RARA-AVIS: To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" # to majordomo@icomm.ca