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Split tally stick (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago by vovo@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] SGforce@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The longer part was called stock and was given to the stock holder

Mind blown

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

I’m also wondering if this is where “short end of the stick” comes from since that was the person owing the debt