What does smart-money mean?
Smart-money means (military, historical) Alternative form of smart money..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(military, historical) Alternative form of smart money..
The reader may remember that Mr Allworthy gave Tom Jones a little horse, as a kind of smart-money for the punishment which he imagined he had suffered innocently.
Use smart-money when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Smart-money means (military, historical) Alternative form of smart money..
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The reader may remember that Mr Allworthy gave Tom Jones a little horse, as a kind of smart-money for the punishment which he imagined he had suffered innocently.
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