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Chris -- 2018-04-11
This doesn’t make a lot of sense, unless people are thinking about the creases on their crisp new $100 bills, but it’s out there:
Look at somebody like Hugh Laurie, who’s playing that character, not only is he being greatly rewarded for it, I’m sure he’s as rich as creases, ...
www.moviehole.net/200917885-interview-hugh-dancy
I was convinced she and my grandfather were “rich as creases” as they used to say and just not telling me about it!
musings-from-a-writer.blogspot.com/2008/08/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-million.html – 1
Luke is young, good looking, and as rich as creases.
www.tnmphoto.com:3864/showthread.php?t=38141
WOOHOO, you find your biological mother and she’s a former model, rich as creases, and now in charge of a multimillion dollar conglomerate. ...
norrthpier.wordpress.com/tag/luke-snyder/
If the court finds for the plaintiff, he’s going to be richer than creases by the time this is all ironed out. tone.
agw.bombs-away.net/showthread.php?t=64988
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Or the perfect creases on the trousers of the rich.
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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This looks like a spelling created by people who’ve heard the word spoken but have never seen it written. That surprises me a bit—I’ve seen it written many times over the years, but I don’t ever recall having heard someone say it. Maybe that’s just a sign that I should broaden my social circle beyond that group of fellow Atomic Kitten fans I usually hang out with.
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19 Apr 2008 … “C-H-R-E-S-U-S,” he spelled, after asking the definition (noun: a very wealthy man). The judges shook their heads. ...
www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story … 11&k=56618 – 47k – Cached
I’ve rarely heard this used but on at least one occasion I seem to remember it being rhymed with ‘Jesus’. ‘Croesus’ could be interpreted as a contraction of ‘Christ-Jesus’ perhaps? Google has a number of examples of the spoonerised “Chresus Jist” and it may be that somehow Croesus is mistakenly assumed to refer to Jesus. There are a number of ghits for “as rich as Jesus” with most making it plain that the riches in question are entirely spiritual, but some usage appears to be influenced by the more worldly wealth of Croesus:
“This is a small community and he [Anschutz] may be as rich as Jesus but he is not much of anything else,†said one wrangler on the ranch last week. ...
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/artic … l&offset=0
I invested it and now I’m as rich as Jesus. Posted by: Anthony | Link to this comment | 02-27-06 7:22 AM. horizontal rule …
www.unfogged.com/archives/comments_4630.html
He’s as rich as Jesus. He can do whatever the frick he wants. Still ain’t going to make me wear a cravat. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:39:06 AM. False Respect …
www.lifelounge.com/Reports-that-Prince- … hobic.aspx
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