"A 1 AT LLOYDS"
HOW" IT ORIGINATED The tenn "A i" I- nnihin.ii h , Umn the ?i.\i\'..- id' riitinu" u-v.l ];y Lloyd's jvoiit-'ti.r </[ Shipping. TJic liiglicjr elus.scs of vessel- or, marked "A:' and the iigurc ' ; l" f'ollowin.'i Hit''letter s hours tb;tl tlio equipment is complete and oil'icieiit. "Al.' J therefore, is a lexical and descriptive synonym tor "iirst class."" The l r rench have a similar exj)ression. "Cl'est hi: hoinme iiiarqiu a VA'"'- -'"He jo a nsan marked with an A." This is m>l derived from the same source as our own slang phrase, but iVoin the fact thai money coined iu J'aris was formerly stamped with an '"A," to show it as ol' standard mi fit-
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 77, 13 July 1942, Page 6
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117"A1 AT LLOYDS" Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 77, 13 July 1942, Page 6
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