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Money?[]

I wonder if the "Necessary Evil" mention is a reference to a groat as being a currency? - DS9 Forever (talk) 19:03, November 15, 2017 (UTC)

Origin of term[]

Given the usage, I think it's far more likely the term originated thusly:[1]. --LauraCC (talk) 17:54, May 9, 2018 (UTC)

I imagine it's "groat clusters" rather then just mentions of groats that clinched it for the connection. It's a very specific nonsense phrase, unlikely to have been invented independently. That being said, of course groats being a food presumably also figured in somewhere in the process. -- Capricorn (talk) 22:00, May 11, 2018 (UTC)

removed[]

"Groats" and particularly "Groat Clusters" feature in the 1970 comedy album Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers by the American comedy troupe The Firesign Theater.{{Incite}}

Uncited for a while. --Alan (talk) 14:56, March 7, 2019 (UTC)

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