英语词汇cash on the barrelhead的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	cash on the barrelhead
词源	cash on the barrelhead. Though there is no proof of it, the origins of this expression most likely lie in the makeshift sa- loons on the American frontier over a century ago, which were often no more than a room in a log cabin with a barrel serving as both booze container and counter. No credit was extended, and any customer who wanted a smack of tarantula juice, or any rotgut likely to make him brave enough not to want to pay, was required to put down cash on the barrelhead, or counter.
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