Money paid immediately for a purchase, as in
“I’ll give you $50 for that bike, cash on the barrelhead.” Why hard cash
should be equivalent to putting money on the flat head of a barrel is unclear.
In nineteenth-century America barrel was slang for money, especially for a
slush fund provided for a political candidate, and a barrel of money signified a
huge fortune. However, these usages are only loosely related to the cliché,
which itself may be dying out.
The Fexco 2024 concludes by breaking records in visits and economic
activity.
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The International Fair and Exhibition of Cochabamba (Fexco) concluded
yesterday after 11 days of constant and intense activity. Preliminary
figures indi...
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