Mudcat Café message #3485829

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Thread #149707 Message #3485829
Posted By: meself
03-Mar-13 - 10:57 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: why is the US dollar called a 'buck?'
Subject: RE: Folklore: why is the US dollar called a 'buck?'

I must have missed something - why "a U.S. term apparently unknown in Canada till long after it was familiar in the U.S."? Do we have some evidence of when it was or wasn't known in Canada?