money and fair words

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Conventional reply when asked the cost of something that one has bought. dated
    — "Oh, Granny!" I said, when I found my voice, "you can't mean this for me, for I know it cost such a lot of money, didn't it?" "It cost butter and egg money, and fair words," she replied, with a smile, "and it's none too good for my Harry."
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