Common down south. Usually money you didn't want to put out, but had no
choice. As I remember it..............
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From: Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:39:48 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: [OM] (OM) OT web-page full of air-to-air WW2 restored planes
Don't know its origins. Been in my lexicon since late childhood. Seems I recall
first using it playing poker. Ante up. Pony up. Horseracing?
--Bob
On Oct 29, 2012, at 1:29 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
> It would be a big pony, I think. And that's a bit of London slang is it not?
> A pony is a large amount of money, I think.
>
> Chris
>
> On 29 Oct 2012, at 16:20, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>
>> But I might pony up for a spin in a Mosquito
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