Idiom of the Day
cash on the barrelhead
to pay cash to buy something
We were forced to pay cash on the barrelhead for everything at the store.
Fact
According to the 1900 U.S. Census, there were: 596,000 carpenters, 280,000 laundresses, 220,000 blacksmiths, 134,000 tailors, 102,000 shoemakers, 42,000 porters, 37,000 stonecutters, 25,000 millers, 8,000 bootblacks, and 7,000 furriers
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