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Old 11-Feb-2005, 00:12
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Originally Posted by Marylin
Well, interestingly enough, wood actually refers to large wooden barrels in which liquor was stored in the 19th century. I also had the paper connection in mind too but I checked around just for the hell of it and that's what I came up with. You never know....
Gee, now I'm confused. Doesn't 'big wood' refer to a stack of money? That is, it's the thickness of the slab of wood that is being equated with the thickness of a stack of bills?
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