▪ I. ‖ mon, n.1
(mɒn)
[Japanese.]
A family crest or badge. (Frequently used in decorative design.)
| 1878 F. B. Palliser tr. Jacquemart's Hist. Furniture 457 Of these princely [Japanese] families we shall give the ‘mon’ or arms most frequently occurring. |
▪ II. mon, mun, n.3
(mʌn)
Colloq. abbrev. of money n.
| 1895 W. C. Gore in Inlander Nov. 64 Mon,..money. 1896 W. C. Gore Student Slang 7 Mun,..money. a 1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) II. v. 119 In little old New York..you've got to have the mon. or you get..the swift, hard, kick. 1958 A. Wilson Middle Age of Mrs. Eliot ii. 122 I'm only going because she's got lots of lovely ‘mon’ and might leave it to me. 1959 M. Steen Tower ii. i. 147 You'll adore Kendall—American—tons and tons of lovely mun! 1963 ‘J. Bell’ Flat Tyre in Fulham iii. 30 All that good ‘mon’ down the drain. 1968 J. N. Chance Rogue Aunt v. 86 ‘You should write little tabs, and tie them on,’ said Clara... ‘Tabs corsts mun,’ said Barnskin. 1974 Sunday Times 22 Dec. 12/7 They were in this gambling club and he won lots and lots of lovely mun. |
▪ III. mon
see man n.1, man indef. pron. Obs., moan, mone n. and v. Obs., moon, mun v.