1950s Slang

Dallas Cowboy First Team Player Posts: 1,081	1950s Slang Mar 27, 2008 13:00:47 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Dallas Cowboy on Mar 27, 2008 13:00:47 GMT I am reading Peter O'Toole's autobiography and he keeps referring to "a stripe," as a monetary denomination. The year in question is 1954. Anyone know what he means by "a stripe?"
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Zippy Moon Dust First Team Player Hey Mark! You're spoiling all the paintwork Posts: 1,410	1950s Slang Mar 27, 2008 13:19:51 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Zippy Moon Dust on Mar 27, 2008 13:19:51 GMT No idea but I'm curious and I'm keen to find out too. Let's Google. Did you get to the part of his autobiog where he got his knob chopped off in a bizarre lawnmower accident - Peter No Toole.
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davel Reserve Player Posts: 544	1950s Slang Mar 27, 2008 21:14:23 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by davel on Mar 27, 2008 21:14:23 GMT Apparantly it's slang for one pound sterling www.probertencyclopaedia.com/cgi-bin/xphrase.pl?keyword=stripe
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Dallas Cowboy First Team Player Posts: 1,081	1950s Slang Mar 27, 2008 23:16:14 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Dallas Cowboy on Mar 27, 2008 23:16:14 GMT Much obliged, davel. Your Google skills are far superior to mine. I couldn't find anything. That is why I posted the question on here. Thanks.
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