"to coin a phrase"?
2007-05-02 21:28:15 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Ben Franklin.
2007-05-02 21:37:14 · answer #1 · answered by Judas Rabbi 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
coin (n.)
1304, from O.Fr. coigne "a wedge, cornerstone," from L. cuneus "a wedge." Die for stamping metal was wedge-shaped, and the word came to mean "thing stamped, a piece of money" by c.1386. To coin a phrase is c.1590.
lol I guess I can't help you with who "coined" that phrase, but yeah...lol Hope this sheds a little light on things! :D
2007-05-02 21:39:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heh, I wonder who phrased the coin?
2007-05-02 21:31:31 · answer #3 · answered by Shae C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Penny Nichols
2007-05-02 21:32:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
George Puttenham!
2007-05-02 21:34:51 · answer #5 · answered by Maximan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marty Feldman.,.....
2007-05-02 21:31:57 · answer #6 · answered by Lefty 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not me! And I do want to know it too.
2007-05-02 21:55:55 · answer #7 · answered by Mmmmm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋