Talk:run for one's money
Latest comment: 2 years ago by Equinox in topic Etymology
Etymology[edit]
In case it helps: John Camden Hotten's Slang Dictionary (1873) has this:
- RUN FOR THE MONEY, TO HAVE A, to have a start given in with a bet. As 20 to 1 against Doncaster, with a RUN given. See P.P. To have a RUN FOR ONE'S MONEY is also to have a good determined struggle for anything.