Definitions
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- noun The flat top of a barrel.
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- noun The flat top of a
barrel that has been stoodvertically
Etymologies
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Examples
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Which Midge turns down, because she needs cash on the barrelhead.
William Bradley: Mad Men : Nothing Like a Little Lemonade to Rinse the Smoke From One's Eyes William Bradley 2010
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There weren't any corpi to habeas, so some of your tax dollars were offered as bounty to anyone or any gang who kidnapped an Arab soul alive and brought them to Bush LIARS, (your) cash on the barrelhead, no questions asked.
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Cash on the barrelhead to high billing associates at the Legal Times, SoCal 2L raises the bar on public service, Leaving the evergreen forest at Software Licensing Blog, Robots [...]
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Come on, Singh, let's see some boots on the ground or maybe a little cash on the barrelhead to help pay for this.
Clinton lauds 'special relationship' between India and U.S. 2009
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Which Midge turns down, because she needs cash on the barrelhead.
William Bradley: Mad Men : Nothing Like a Little Lemonade to Rinse the Smoke From One's Eyes William Bradley 2010
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Nothing less than a $1 billion ironclad commitment to Pakistan from the Arab OPEC states (mind you, not a pledge, but cash on the barrelhead) will suffice given the expanding disaster and rebuilding costs.
Amb. Marc Ginsberg: Arab Oil States AWOL on Pakistani Flood Relief 2010
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Someone like Johnny would approach a fellow with a claim and offer him 10 cents on the dollar, cash on the barrelhead.
CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010
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We were drinking various stages of their delicious brandies on a barrelhead in a barn that had been converted to a still house.
CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010
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Cash on the barrelhead might still be the ultimate seduction for a girl from the lowlands of Louisiana, no matter how wealthy and sophisticated she had become.
Georgia Jeffries: Performance Art Georgia Jeffries 2010
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Nothing less than a $1 billion ironclad commitment to Pakistan from the Arab OPEC states (mind you, not a pledge, but cash on the barrelhead) will suffice given the expanding disaster and rebuilding costs.
Amb. Marc Ginsberg: Arab Oil States AWOL on Pakistani Flood Relief 2010
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