Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Pitch and Pay

Pitch down your money and pay at once. There is a suppressed pun in the phrase: “to pay a ship” is to pitch it.

“The word is pitch and pay- next none”

Shakespeare: Henry V., ii.f.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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