feixe de cartos

Galician

Etymology

Can be translated as "bundle of money" (literally a "bundle of quarters").

Noun

feixe de cartos m (plural feixes de cartos)

  1. bundle (of money)
  2. (figurative) small fortune
    Synonym: feixiño de cartos
    • 2002, Rosa Aneiros, Corazóns amolecidos en salitre:
      non o vendín, non, aínda que me daban por el un bo feixe de cartos
      I didn't sell it, I didn't, even if they wanted to pay for it a small fortune

References
  • “feixe de cartos” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
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