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where did the term "duckets" originate from?

from midget ducks? :confused

I couldn't find any entry in the dictionary for "duckets" though.
 
it mighta originated from Britich Columbia, Canada where Americans are immigrating to these days...

their currency (Britich Columbia) of the dollar is called a "loony" after a duck and even has it engraved on their coins as we do an eagle on american money....

as slangs/ebonics grow, " getting the duckets " could be equivalent to our " getting paid the big bucks..."

now my question is:

how did we start calling American money "bucks"...???
 
It's called a buck since buck skins where used for trading in the 1700's.

They just had something about duckets and how the name came about about week ago on a special on Ben Franklin. I think it's a British thing.
 
Due to the shape of the North American elk's esophagus, even if it could speak, it could not pronounce the word lasagna.

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try spelling it the old way, you get this:

duc·at ( P ) Pronunciation Key (dkt)
n.
Any of various gold coins formerly used in certain European countries.
Slang.
A piece of money.
An admission ticket.


-jen:ape
 
i like my britich columbia theory better...
 
why call testicles nuts? The obvious answer is that they resemble nuts in shape. Other slang words include eggs and stones. Odd, though, since eggs and stones are very different in their durability.

Another interesting question is how did testicles get their name? Testes, plural of testis, is of the same latin root as 'testify' or 'testimony'. One theory, disputed by some, is that Romans would swear to their oath before giving testimony by placing their hand over their nuts.

Nuts, eh?
 
A ducket was a spanish coin in the middle ages and was used as a trading currency throughout Europe.

It became popularised in Errol Flynn pirate movies.
 
Ok, the 'spanish coin' came from Sicily. Here is the etymology:

Ducat: name of a silver coin issued in 1140 by Roger II of Sicily, as Duke of Apulia, bearing the inscription R DX AP, i.e. Rogerus Dux Apuliæ; according to Falcone de Benevento ‘monetam suam introduxit, unam vero, cui Ducatus nomen imposuit’

ducat is shortened from ducatus

how is this motorcycle related? Ducatus, Ducati... yes, you see it now, don't you? Related words. And, oddly enough, it will cost you some ducats to maintain your ducati.

nuts, eh? (see nuts, above)
 
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