Description: This historical copper nickel token is a wonderful piece of history. It features intricate designs and details. Historical Souvenir Token 30 mm 14 g Copper Nickel Brass razoo is an Australian phrase that was first recorded in soldiers' slang in World War I. It is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as "a non-existent coin of trivial value".[1] It is commonly used in the expression I haven't got a brass razoo, meaning the speaker is out of money. Whilst mock coins of 1 Razoo are occasionally produced, no actual monetary unit has ever been so named. Some speculate that the term arises from Egyptian or Indian currency.[citation needed] Etymologists and lexicographers have disputed and considered theories of the origins of the phrase, but most find no theory satisfactory.[2] Origin Razoo may be a corruption of a sou, the smallest French coin.[citation needed] Brass is a common slang term for 'money'. Eric Partridge, in his Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, cites the Māori word rahu. Harry Orsman's Dictionary of New Zealand English (1997) makes a more confident conjecture.[2] As The Washington Post reported in December 2007, a Washington, D.C. firm established to facilitate social networking for philanthropy has taken its name from the New Zealand meaning of razoo for a small coin.[3] ÖAnother posited origin is a phrase used by Australian soldiers serving in France, and considered a joking reference used between Australian infantry and American troops. It was based on the Yankee "blowing a raspberry" also called a "razoo", a mouth-sound made to sound like a fart.
Price: 17 GBP
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Type: Medals & Ribbons
Issued/ Not-Issued: Not-Issued
Clothing Type: Rank Slides & Epaulettes
Conflict: World War I (1914-1918)
Era: 1914-1945
Country/ Organization: Australia
Theme: Militaria
Service: Army
Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
