Re: What\'s derivation of phrase \"go into the tank?\"
Maybe it comes from jail. Last time, I was in a holding cell, then the tank...a big cell. Sometimes called the drunk tank.
In my upcoming novel, Texas Poker Wisdom, I used a lot of the slang I have collected over fifty years. There are some expressiona that no one seems to know the origin of, such as Six Three is called Old Blocky. Why? The old Dudes I started playing with would say, "I thought he said a match.", when someone made a big bet. Never knew what it meant.
Johnny Hughes
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