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fruit on the sideboard; fruit for the sideboard noun something easily obtained; unexpected financial gain AUSTRALIA, 1953 James Holledge claims this originated with the famous Sydney bookmaker Andy Kerr.- Kerr started the now well-worn cliché: “More fruit for the sideboard.” It was a famous trademark expression he shouted when taking a bet from a mug punter on a horse he personally felt had no chance in the race. — James Holledge, The Great Australian Gamble, p. 88, 1966
- Some of our blokes were easy pickings for those bastards. Fruit on the sideboard. — Alexander Buzo, Norm and Ahmed, p. 8, 1969
- — Ned Wallish, The Truth Dictionary of Racing slang, p. 31, 1989
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