When the 1600s era merchant ships returned they displayed excess merchandise on the ship's deck made of Deal Wood. How a "deal" started...
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Replying to @BrianRoemmele
are you sure? <- from Old English dæl "part, share, quantity, amount," from Proto-Germanic *dailaz
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Replying to @dgwbirch
David, indeed the root of the word. But used as relative term when cargo was brought up on the deal wood decks. Looking for a deal
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