Talk:run for one's money

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Etymology

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Latest comment: 3 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

In case it helps: John Camden Hotten's Slang Dictionary (1873) has this:

RUN FOR THE MONEY, TO HAVE A, to have a start given in with a bet. As 20 to 1 against Doncaster, with a RUN given. See P.P. To have a RUN FOR ONE'S MONEY is also to have a good determined struggle for anything.

Equinox ◑ 20:52, 30 September 2021 (UTC)Reply

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