Why Money is Sometimes “Cool”

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While reading Great Expectations (Bookshop|Amazon) by Charles Dickens, a listener in Arlington, Texas, is surprised when one of the characters inherits some money, which Dickens describes as a cool four thousand. Were they really using cool that way back then? When used to describe large quantities of money, cool emphasizes that this impressive number totals at least that amount. This is part of a complete episode.

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