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**During [[World War 2]] it was regular practice among the British to keep a store of gold coins with the motif of St George stamped on them for paying off irregulars and spies. This was known as "St George's cavalry".
== In-Universe ==
* In the ''[[FoxTrot]]'' strip [https://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2020/11/08?ct=v&cti=1502255 seen here], Roger maxes out a credit card on an online chess game that lets him spend money to take moves back, but still loses; the strip shows him [[Epic Fail| making the exact same mistake]] a second time. [[Lampshade Hanging|Jason points out that pay-to-win games are supposed to lead to winning]]
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