hard-lying money
Nautical (now historical )
noun
= hard line money.
- .
Origin
Late 19th century.
- leading article
- leading counsel
- leading dog
- leading edge
- leading lady
- leading light
- leading man
- leading note
- leading question
- leading rein
- leading seaman
- leading tone
- lead in one's pencil
- lead nowhere
- lead off
- lead pencil
- lead poisoning
- lead shot
- lead someone a dance (or a merry dance)
- lead someone a merry dance
- lead someone astray
- lead someone by the nose
- lead someone on
- lead someone to the altar
- lead someone up (or down) the garden path