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Money slang

Posted by Peter Shepherd on July 27, 2009 at 19:06

Correction to posting about money slang: A "pony" is £25, a "monkey" is £500.

Origins: brought back to the UK from India, where there was a pony on the 25 rupee note and a monkey on the 500 rupee note.

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