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Cutting deals and striking bargains

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Bruce William Jones
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Abstract

A present-day American colloquialism appears to have very ancient roots and implications

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Research Article
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English Today , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , April 1996 , pp. 35 - 40
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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