Guaranteed as in memorialized by a writing, properly executed, non-voidable with specific performance stated, with recognized and available remedies for breach ... or as in "I'll only use the tip"?
Just the tip.
That's how I read it, too. I don't know where the term "get the shaft" originated, but I think we're getting it.
I don't know where the term "get the shaft" originated, but I think we're getting it.
I've come across a few different 'origins' of the phrase but nothing definitive. Some say it comes from Europe in the Middle Ages when being buried vertically (because you couldn't afford a standard grave) was considered a slight. Others say it comes from a reference to a penis.
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