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colour of someone's money

colour of someone's money is the alternative form of color of someone's money.

Meaning of color of someone's money

Noun

the color of someone's money

  1. Someone's ability or willingness to pay; money paid and not merely promised.
    • Marry come up with such gentlemen! though he hath lived here this many years, I don't believe there is arrow a servant in the house ever saw the colour of his money.1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 153

Questions about colour of someone's money

What is colour of someone's money the alternative form of?
Colour of someone's money is the alternative form of color of someone's money.

Words near colour of someone's money in the dictionary

  1. colour light signal
  2. colour light signals
  3. colour lights
  4. colour man
  5. colour men
  6. colour of someone's money
  7. colour outside the lines
  8. colour pencil
  9. colour pencils
  10. colour proud
  11. colour retention agent

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