pond n; pond, bet against the
pond n When one gambler "bet against the pond",, as we say, and won he swept all the stakes. Anonymous typescript, undated, "The story of a Word" etymological families of stick, stock, stake,. submitted by Burnham Gill. Is this Quidi Vidi Lake? GMS Files. Feb 8 87 APR 27 1988 WK...
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| Summary: | pond n When one gambler "bet against the pond",, as we say, and won he swept all the stakes. Anonymous typescript, undated, "The story of a Word" etymological families of stick, stock, stake,. submitted by Burnham Gill. Is this Quidi Vidi Lake? GMS Files. Feb 8 87 APR 27 1988 WK FEB 21 1987 SUP Used I and Sup Not used Not used This word file 'bet against the pond' does not seem to fall under any sense number or match with the various definitions of 'pond' given in the DNE. |
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