To obtain 'money for old rope' is to gain when not expected to. Old rope is a difficult material to value, so it is most often just discarded rather than risk further loss by depending on material of unknown worth or capability.
THE SAYING MONEY FOR OLD ROPE IS DERIVED FROM DAYS IN THE WORKHOUSE, WORKERS WHERE GIVEN DAMAGED, AND USED ROPE TO PICK INTO STRANDS WHICH WOULD THEN BE RE SPUN INTO NEW ROPE, THEY WOULD EARN JUST ENOUGH MONEY FOR A MEAL, HENCE THE SAYING "MONEY FOR OLD ROPE"
'Hummack' is not an English word. - You may mean 'hammock' , which is a canvas and rope temporary bed, used mainly on old fashioned ships.
"Junkie" originally meant a heroin addict, but its meaning has since been expanded to include any kind of addict. The word comes from the slang word "junk" for heroin, which was slang in the 1960s. The word "junk" means a broken or discarded item, especially one for which a use can be found, and derives from an old sailors' term for old rope, in use at the time of Columbus. Old bits of rope were no use as rope any more, but sailors found a number of other uses for them.
no it is not because u can pick up and carry an exchange such as new money for old money the new money can be the exchange for the old money
An old Middle English term. The coppiceman was the person who trimmed the sucker branches off the grape vines, thereby producing larger fruit to use for wine making.
Etymology: from the old days when miners held boxing matches; the winner got money, the loser got a ham and egg meal
If something's money for old rope, it's a very easy way of making money. So make money the easy way. That term stems from Britain.
To obtain 'money for old rope' is to gain when not expected to. Old rope is a difficult material to value, so it is most often just discarded rather than risk further loss by depending on material of unknown worth or capability. THE SAYING MONEY FOR OLD ROPE IS DERIVED FROM DAYS IN THE WORKHOUSE, WORKERS WHERE GIVEN DAMAGED, AND USED ROPE TO PICK INTO STRANDS WHICH WOULD THEN BE RE SPUN INTO NEW ROPE, THEY WOULD EARN JUST ENOUGH MONEY FOR A MEAL, HENCE THE SAYING "MONEY FOR OLD ROPE"
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boat yards would buy old rope cut it and place it between the deck boards before painting
the rope making was Bridports old function, which made it a settlement. the new function is a market town.
Rope bridges would have to get repaired or replaced because they would get old and break down or maybe they might even kill someone if they are under the bridge and the bridge just break on them.
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