mazuma
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of mazuma
First recorded in 1895–1900; from Yiddish mazume, mezumen, from Mishnaic Hebrew mĕzūmmānīm “ready money, cash,” from mĕzūmmān “prepared,” akin to zĕman “time”; cf. monsoon ( def. ), Sivan ( def. )
Explanation
Mazuma is a slang term that means "money." If you're meeting your friends for lunch and you've got plenty of mazuma in your pocket, you might offer to buy them all milkshakes. The informal word mazuma can be used interchangeably with dough, moolah, Benjamins, or any of numerous other slang terms for "money." Mazuma comes from the Yiddish mezumen, or "cash," and it was first used in English during the late 19th century. If you can't stop thinking about those amazing (expensive) sneakers you saw at the store, you'd better start saving up the mazuma you need to buy them!
Example Sentences
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They need some mazuma to start in with.
From Roy Blakely, Pathfinder by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese
"If you're after the mazuma you've struck a poor bank."
From A Texas Ranger by Raine, William MacLeod
That fellow was a pen-pusher in a mazuma emporium—I mean a bank clerk.
From The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)
The guys with wads are not in the frame of mind to slack up on the mazuma, and the man with the portable tin banqueting canister isn't exactly ready to join the Bible class.
From Whirligigs by Henry, O.
It's all settled, if only I can connect with the mazuma.
From The Little Nugget by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
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