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make a quick buck Definition


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buck2
noun
    colloq:
    (N Amer)
    (Austral)
    (NZ)
    1. A dollar.
    (S Afr)
    2. A rand.
Idiom: make a fast buck (make a quick buck)
    To make money quickly or easily, and often dishonestly.
Etymology: 19c: perhaps from buckskin, because deerskins were used as a unit of exchange by Native Americans and frontiersmen in the 19c US.



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