motzan.

Brit.

/ˈmɒtsə/, U.S.

/ˈmɑtsə/, Australian English

/ˈmɔtsə/

Forms: 1900s– motsa, 1900s– motser, 1900s– motza, 1900s– motzer.

Origin: Probably either (i) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Or (ii) a borrowing from Yiddish. Etymons: English motza , matzo n.; Yiddish matse.

Etymology: Probably < motza, variant of matzo n., or its etymon Yiddish matse (unleavened) bread (see matzo n.). Compare bread n. 4c, dough n. 5.Yiddish matse earlier (1894–1900) gave rise to a short-lived derogatory usage in U.S. slang in sense ‘a Jewish person’: see J. E. Lighter Hist. Dict. Amer. Slang (1997) II. 600 s.v. motzer.

Australian slang.

A great deal of money, a fortune; a lucrative or profitable situation.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > large sum

pounda1225

ransom?a1300

fother14..

gob1542

mint1579

king's ransomc1590

abomination1604

coda1680

a pretty (also fine, fair, etc.) penny1710

plunk1767

big money1824

pot1856

big one?1863

a small fortune1874

four figures1893

poultice1902

parcel1903

bundle1905

pretty1909

real money1918

stack1919

packet1922

heavy sugar1926

motza1936

big bucks1941

bomb1958

wedge1977

megadollars1980

squillion1986

bank1995

1936 A. B. Paterson Shearer's Colt 180 It's a motzer. It's a schnitzler. We'll have to pack 'em in on the roof of the grandstand.

1955 N. Pulliam I traveled Lonely Land 77 The gentleman with the ‘motser’ (big hunk of dough to us) has been gone a full 30 minutes.

1985 Bulletin (Sydney) 17 Sept. 17/1 Canberra might have cost a motza but it's worth every cent.

1992 Sydney Morning Herald 14 Mar. 44/1 They've worked out how to make a motza with mathematics, but a Melbourne-based group's $36-million win in the US has also drawn an FBI investigation.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	motza
释义	motzan. Brit. /ˈmɒtsə/, U.S. /ˈmɑtsə/, Australian English /ˈmɔtsə/ Forms: 1900s– motsa, 1900s– motser, 1900s– motza, 1900s– motzer. Origin: Probably either (i) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Or (ii) a borrowing from Yiddish. Etymons: English motza , matzo n.; Yiddish matse. Etymology: Probably < motza, variant of matzo n., or its etymon Yiddish matse (unleavened) bread (see matzo n.). Compare bread n. 4c, dough n. 5.Yiddish matse earlier (1894–1900) gave rise to a short-lived derogatory usage in U.S. slang in sense ‘a Jewish person’: see J. E. Lighter Hist. Dict. Amer. Slang (1997) II. 600 s.v. motzer. Australian slang. A great deal of money, a fortune; a lucrative or profitable situation. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > large sum pounda1225 ransom?a1300 fother14.. gob1542 mint1579 king's ransomc1590 abomination1604 coda1680 a pretty (also fine, fair, etc.) penny1710 plunk1767 big money1824 pot1856 big one?1863 a small fortune1874 four figures1893 poultice1902 parcel1903 bundle1905 pretty1909 real money1918 stack1919 packet1922 heavy sugar1926 motza1936 big bucks1941 bomb1958 wedge1977 megadollars1980 squillion1986 bank1995 1936 A. B. Paterson Shearer's Colt 180 It's a motzer. It's a schnitzler. We'll have to pack 'em in on the roof of the grandstand. 1955 N. Pulliam I traveled Lonely Land 77 The gentleman with the ‘motser’ (big hunk of dough to us) has been gone a full 30 minutes. 1985 Bulletin (Sydney) 17 Sept. 17/1 Canberra might have cost a motza but it's worth every cent. 1992 Sydney Morning Herald 14 Mar. 44/1 They've worked out how to make a motza with mathematics, but a Melbourne-based group's $36-million win in the US has also drawn an FBI investigation. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1936
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