monk71 3 #65926 4 hours ago 10 hours ago, georger said: Idea: is “negotiable American currency” like "get the show on the road" - a Chicago thing ? IF THE STEW COPIED EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID . . . Hmm... and what suspect lived in Chicago most of his life? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monk71 3 #65927 4 hours ago 15 hours ago, olemisscub said: Jeez, aside from Cooper articles, that phrase appears a grand total of ONE time on its own on Newspapers. Some dude in 1927. I like Georger's idea. Maybe regional ethnolinguistics can shed light on this phrase. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monk71 3 #65928 3 hours ago (edited) Is there another searchable source similar to Newspapers.com? These Reddit pages reference three more articles prior to 1971 with the phrase "negotiable American currency". Maybe the hyphenization of Amer-ican is an issue. ? Edited 2 hours ago by monk71 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
