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1548 H. Latimer Notable Serm. sig. D.vi^v Amonge al the packe of them that haue cure, the Deuil shal go for my money.

1566 E. H. tr. Erasmus One Dialogue sig. B2^v This behauiour doth well beseme Frenchmen peraduenture, how be it the fashions of Duche lande shall go for my monye when all is done.

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. iii. 59 Well a horne for my mony when alls done. View more context for this quotation

1616 W. Haughton (title) English-men for my money.

1668 J. Dryden Sr Martin Mar-all v. 62 They may talk what they will of Oxford for an University, but Cambridge for my Money.

1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical 43 Let what will happen on't, give me for my Money the Female Sollicitor.

1767 I. Bickerstaff Love in City ii. vii Ay Colonel, it's well enough for a mouthful of air of a Sunday—but London for my money—I see nothing in Europe like it.

1825 H. J. Finn Montgomery i. i 'Pon my conscience then its you that's the lad for my money.

1842 S. Lover Handy Andy x You're right..Murphy is the very man for our money.

1899 S. W. Mitchell Autobiogr. Quack 47 At once it occurred to me that ‘Lach.’ was the medicine for my money.

1932 D. L. Sayers Have his Carcase xi. 138 Peter's the man for my money. He won't see a hardworking man lose a job for want of a good news story.

1954 J. Symons Narrowing Circle xiv. 59 For my money, Marian was responsible..for the trouble we'd had.

1988 High Life (Brit. Airways) Apr. 12 The historic stockyards have been turned into a tourist draw which, for my money, is far more appealing than Southfork.