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Why not just say Good for Two Plays, or Two Loads? Strange. Perhaps a now long gone local idiom.  Quote:
Looked up the term and this thread is already cross-referenced on Google!  |
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Maybe he also delivered dirt -   |
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Can I get a double load of mulch? I have some landscaping projects.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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We can handle that if you have our token!
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We can handle that if you have our token! Good one -  |
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Does anyone know what a "Double Load" could be? Well it isn't a brothel token, so there goes that theory! |
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Laundry token maybe? Now that makes sense.  |
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This seems like an older token. I did a google search and it says the first coin-operated laundromat started in 1947.
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When search I see one reference to the billiard table company and another to an author who wrote a catalog of Butchers' supplies; Refrigeration and ice-making equipment; Hotel, bar and restaurant supplies. I doubt the latter would require a token.  I feel this token gives two plays on a billiard table, a load being one rack of balls (as chafemasterj referenced above). |
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Edited by Rothery
05/20/2021 3:02 pm
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Thanks for all the responses. I think we can assume this is related to the billiards company. It was found near Toledo.
I'm not sure exactly how it was used however since it appears that B.A. Stevens went out of business in the 1920's and the first coin operated billiards table was not designed until 1931.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Fun thread for sure. I love this sort of thing.
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I'm not sure exactly how it was used however since it appears that B.A. Stevens went out of business in the 1920's and the first coin operated billiards table was not designed until 1931. It could be as simple as handing it to an attendant and getting two racks of balls to play on a table. |
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Did they supply shotgun cartridges?  |
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