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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Jebbel, q.v. —3. In like sixty, very vigorously or rapidly: orig. (1848) US,
anglicised ca. 1860. (H., 2nd ed.; OED.) ? abbr. like sixty to the minute or like sixty
miles an hour. Cf. forty, q.v. sixty-four dollar (later, sixty-four thousand dollar)
question, ...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms
sixty-four. the sixty-four thousand dollar question something that is not known and
on which a great deal depends. This expression dates from the 1940s and was
originally the sixty-four dollar question, from a question posed for the top prize in
...
... answer and never assume your simple questions will lead to a simple and
short answer from your customer. Customers know what they want to tell you, but
they THE SIXTY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLAR QUESTION.
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Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins
The new nation adopted dollar as the name of its monetary unit after achieving
independence. Inflation is to blame for the sixty-four thousand dollar question—it
was originally the sixty-four dollar question. The top prize in the 1940s quiz show
...
The two most popular shows — "Twenty-One" and "The Sixty-Four Thousand
Dollar Question" — cost a quarter of a million dollars a year to produce. But the
Revlon cosmetic company, which invested heavily in "The Sixty-Four Thousand ...
Oscar Handlin, Lilian Handlin, 1997
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Errol, Fidel and the Cuban Rebel Girls
'Sixty-four thousand dollar question, and if you ever watched TV you'd get it right.'
'What's a thousand between friends?' I said. 'Or even sixty-four thousand? Or to
be precise, between my own inadequate high concept of the question and yours
...
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Concise English Dictionary
Also sixty-four thousand dollar question. [O.E. siextig.] size1 siz, n. bigness;
magnitude, — v.r. to arrange according to size: to measure. — adj. si'zable (or
size'able) of a fair size. — ns. si'zar (also si'zer) at Cambridge and Dublin, a
student ...
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Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
British informal o The old sixpenny coin was one of the smallest in circulation in
Britain prior to decimalization in 1971. sixty-four the sixty-four thousand dollar
question something that is not known and on which a great deal depends. o This
...
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Dreams Outback: A Book about Life and Death and the American ...
After the Pastor set his water glass down, he wiped the sweat from his face with
his handkerchief and said, 'Well, I'm now ready to hear your answer to the sixty-
four thousand dollar question.' But, no one in the congregation knew the answer
to ...
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Sterling Dictionary of Idioms
With a stylish hair-do and slick sandals she looked like a million dollars. a/the
sixty-four thousand dollar question important question that is very difficult to
answer The sixty-four thousand dollar question is whether we will be around to
witness ...
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