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...
color of your money, let’s see the
Back up your claim with hard evi- dence. A twentieth-century Americanism, according to Eric Partridge, it originated in gambling or betting, as a challenge or to make sure that the
bettor actually had enough cash to cover a bet. One writer holds that it was
already common in eighteenth-century England, but his citation is not verifi-
able. In any event, it is unlikely that the actual hue of the money was in
doubt, unless the questioner felt it might be counterfeit. More likely “color”
was used figuratively for something readily identifiable.
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