▪ I. moola slang (orig. U.S.).
(ˈmuːlə)
Also moolah.
[Origin unknown.]
Money.
| 1939 J. O'Hara Pal Joey (1940) 97, I never saw the day wherein no matter how much moola I had I could not use some more. 1944 Penguin New Writing 20 111 You don't like it, but you like the moola all right. 1951 People (Austral.) 1 Aug. 20/3 She left there, too. ‘Not enough moolah.’ 1968 Busby & Holtham Main Line Kill v. 44 Expensive though. You blokes must spend a lot of moola on that stuff. 1970 New Yorker 5 Sept. 40 (caption) Gentlemen, nothing stands in the way of a final accord except that management wants profit maximization and the union wants more moola. 1973 J. Wainwright High-Class Kill 154 What did he do for a living?.. Where did the moolah come from? 1975 J. Symons Three Pipe Problem xiv. 113 Then the only thing to be settled is the lolly, the moolah. |
▪ II. moola(e, -lah
obs. forms of mullah.