cash on the barrelhead
Example Sentences
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Thereafter no belligerent may buy arms in the U. S. without paying cash on the barrelhead.
From Time Magazine Archive
For the small fry, that kind of cash on the barrelhead is a huge inducement: if they hang on and sell their liquor themselves, they are liable to excess-profits taxes running up to 90%.
From Time Magazine Archive
But overseas, the same companies often demand cash on the barrelhead.
From Time Magazine Archive
Many U.S. businessmen preferred to export products to Iran or to provide services in exchange for cash on the barrelhead.
From Time Magazine Archive
She paid for the whole thing cash on the barrelhead!
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
