Licinius let out the offals of his meat to interest, and
kept a register of such debtors in his pocketbook. Arbuthnot.
Quoted by Dr. Johnson in his dictionary, illustrating the word "pocketbook."
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Maybe You Can Lease Your Lunch
Peter Coogan, the great commmercial law scholar, used to "you can't lease your lunch." Appatently he never heard of this guy:
Quoted by Dr. Johnson in his dictionary, illustrating the word "pocketbook."
Quoted by Dr. Johnson in his dictionary, illustrating the word "pocketbook."
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