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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Betting Terms #3345 06/06/00 08:36 PM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York R Rubrick addict Rubrick addict R Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York > I mentioned (in the rhyming slang bit) the term "pony" meaning 25 - there are other terms depending on the size of the bet. Does anyone know any others? Yeah, sure. I know that a 'ton' is 100. There's a 'monkey' which I think is 40. Should be plenty more. On the same topic, where did the bookies language of 'tic-tac-toe' come from? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Betting Terms jmh 06/06/00 08:22 PM Re: Betting Terms Rubrick 06/06/00 08:36 PM Re: Betting Terms hotlegs 07/12/00 10:37 AM Re: Betting Terms Jackie 07/12/00 11:48 AM Re: Betting Terms jmh 07/12/00 01:57 PM Re: Betting Terms Jazzoctopus 07/12/00 04:59 PM Re: Pound Sign David108 07/12/00 06:10 PM Re: Pound Sign Rubrick 07/12/00 07:16 PM Re: Pound Sign Bingley 07/13/00 04:34 AM Calculators and Phones Rubrick 07/13/00 10:06 AM Re: Calculators and Phones jmh 07/13/00 03:17 PM Re: Calculators and Phones Rubrick 07/13/00 05:44 PM Re: Calculators and Phones jmh 07/13/00 09:44 PM Re: Calculators and Phones Rubrick 07/14/00 06:59 AM Re: Calculators and Phones jmh 07/14/00 07:09 AM Re: Calculators and Phones Bingley 07/14/00 04:44 AM Re: Calculators and Phones Jazzoctopus 07/14/00 02:34 PM Re: Calculators and Phones TEd Remington 07/17/00 03:39 PM Re: Calculators and Phones jmh 07/17/00 10:44 PM Re: Calculators and Phones Bingley 07/18/00 05:16 AM Re: Calculators and Phones Jackie 07/18/00 03:23 PM Re: Pound Sign Jazzoctopus 07/14/00 02:29 PM Re: Pound Sign jmh 07/15/00 09:51 PM Re: Pound Sign tsuwm 07/17/00 08:08 PM Re: Pound Sign jmh 07/17/00 10:46 PM Re: Pound Sign tsuwm 07/17/00 11:27 PM Re: Pound Sign arosebyanyname 06/08/02 03:05 AM Re: Pound Sign wow 06/09/02 02:26 PM wwh 06/09/02 05:40 PM Re: non-keyboard characters Keiva 06/09/02 06:27 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,331 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 802 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 15 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,542 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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