mazuma

Example Sentences

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Gather up this mazuma, Watson, and give His Nibs a receipt for it, as we are both after the coin, only you haven't got the nerve to admit it.

From The Adventures of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons Being one of the exciting episodes in the career of the famous detective Hemlock Holmes, as recorded by his friend Dr. Watson by Thierry, James Francis

I hope they've got their mazuma with them, for I've got my cash at last, and I'm on the warpath.

From Rival Pitchers of Oakdale by Scott, Morgan

When they want it, every one of these memoranda must be Johnny-on-the-spot before they can dig up the mazuma.

From Bucky O'Connor by Raine, William MacLeod

It's all settled, if only I can connect with the mazuma.

From The Little Nugget by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

They can give orders an' shed mazuma, but as you say, they're plum babes.

From Smoke Bellew by London, Jack