jatmoos
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Yiddish יד מעות (yad mo('e)s). The sense “thief” is a much later development from jatmozen (“to engage in petty theft”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]jatmoos m or n (plural jatmozen, diminutive jatmoosje n)
- (uncountable, Bargoens, slang) the first cash a merchant receives on a day
- 1903, Bernard Canter, Kalverstraat, Vennootschap ‘Letteren en Kunst’, 16.
- ‘Dag Dóvid. Heb je al handgift?’
‘Natuurlijk heb ik al jatmoos. In zoo'n zaak zal men geen jatmoos hebben.’- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1925, Israël Querido, "Mooie Karel", in De Jordaan. Amsterdamsch epos, part 4, Scheltens & Giltay (6th ed., first ed. 1924), 278.
- Soms dagen geen jatmoos, al sting je verguld achter je stal.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1939, Willem van Iependaal, De dans om de rinkelbom, Arbo, 276.
- Een kamerplantje van vijf en tachtig centen wist Gerrit aan haar te slijten, en stak de ‘jatmoos’ in z'n vestzak of het een reliquie betrof...
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1903, Bernard Canter, Kalverstraat, Vennootschap ‘Letteren en Kunst’, 16.
- (countable, slang) thief
Synonyms
[edit](first money received):
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