Mazuma (money slang)
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(Oxford English Dictionary)
mazuma, n.
Etymology: < Yiddish mezumen cash < post-biblical Hebrew mĕzummān prepared (in plural mĕzummānīm ready money, cash (in medieval texts)), passive participle of zumman be prepared <
zĕmān appointed time, time.
slang (orig. U.S.).
Money; cash.
1900 T. J. Carry Hebrew Yarns 89/1 Besides his chokes, he also maigs A lot of real ‘mazooma’.
1901 ‘B. Burgundy’ Toothsome Tales 33 It came to pass that he annexed himself to a mammoth mass of mazuma.