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Chris -- 2011-03-08
The original means ‘ad hoc’ or by whatever means necessary. the eggcorn captures some of the desperate and cynical connotation of the original. About 300 ghits, e.g.,
in a world of cash as cash can i may have overlooked the one thing that separates us from the monkies who fling shit at each other from trees …
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The race belongs to the swift, the Lord helps those who help themselves, and cash as cash can!ยท.
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...but esoteric weapons, mystical artifacts and unique items are strictly cash as cash can.
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Is politics a game of cash as cash can?
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