cheshyre ([personal profile] cheshyre) wrote in [personal profile] xiphias 2005-02-10 01:44 pm (UTC)

Here's the OED:
[a. Fr. fisc, or independently ad. L. fiscus rush-basket, purse, treasury. The current spelling in Sc. Law is fisk, in other uses fisc.]

But how did rush-baskets become associated with purses and treasuries?
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