See Also: MARC(law)
marc(dictionary)
marc(medicine)
MARC-BANCO(law)
Chagall, Marc(dictionary)
Marc (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Marc, Franz(encyclopedia)
Chagall, Marc(encyclopedia)
Blitzstein, Marc(encyclopedia)
Amsler, Marc(medicine)

MARC-BANCO (law) and murphy(1) (iou)


MARC-BANCO (law)


MARC-BANCO. The name of a coin. The marc-banco of Hamburg, as money of account, at the custom-house, is deemed and taken to be of the value of account, at the custom-house, is deemed and taken to be of the value of thirty-five cents. Act of March 3, 1843. thirty-five cents. Act of March 3, 1843.

murphy(1) (iou)



murphy noun2. Also (esp. in senses 2, 3) Murphy. E19.
[Murphy, an Irish surname.]
A potato. slang. E19.
More fully Murphy game. A confidence trick in which the victim is duped by unfulfilled promises of money, sex, etc. US slang. M20.
Murphy's law, any of various aphoristic expressions of the apparent perverseness and unreasonableness of things. Also called Sod's law. joc. M20.