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ATOB2 | 18:48 Fri 01st Dec 2000 | Phrases & Sayings
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'Pop goes the weasel' ' what's that all about?
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It refers to having to pawn one thing in order to pay for something else. To 'pop' was a slang word for pawning something. So, in the nursery rhyme when it says: 'that's the way the money is spent, pop goes the weasel' it means that in order to spend your money you have to pawn something else. Oh, and by the way, a weasel was a slang term for an iron.
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The weasel refered to a bag of work tools.
00:44 Wed 10th Jan 2001

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