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Hendrickson, Robert. "you can bet your bottom dollar." Writer's Reference Center. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 9 July 2025. <http://fofweb.infobase.com/wrc/Detail.aspx?iPin=DOAR12536>.
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you can bet your bottom dollar

Region
American West

Definition 
Originated out West about 1857, these words, meaning to bet one's last dollar or money, referred oríginally to the last silver dollar in a stack or hoard of coins and carne eventually to mean the last of one's resources.

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