motza

M3O1T1Z10A1

noun

A lot of money.

Scrabble 16

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motza1

noun

alternative motser

  1. AustraliaslangA lot of money.

    How often is this happening? I don't think anyone knows. It must be costing a motza and that's a real concern.

    2010 March 2, Fiona Simpson quoted in, Brisbane Times

motza2

nounmotza (countable and uncountable, plural motzas)

plural motzas

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of matzo.

    1984, Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain), Nursing Times, Volume 80, Issues 1-13, page 58, As the fleeing Israelites had no time to allow their bread to rise, one of the dietary restrictions associated with Passover is the eating of unleavened bread called ‘motza’, which contains no yeast.

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    […]militant Hebrews have all been enabled to keep their Passover in accordance with the Mosaic Law, for they were furnished with the necessary “motzas,” or cakes of unleavened bread, by their London co-religionists.

    1901, Parley P. Pratt, The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, volume 63, page 279

    During the seven days of this festival, as everyone knows, Jews eat motzas, or unleavened cakes, instead of bread, in commemoration of the flight from Egypt.

    1952, Victor Gollancz, My Dear Timothy, page 67

Origin

motza · noun

  1. Yiddishמצה“(unleavened) bread”
  2. Englishmotza

Probably from motza, a variant of matzo, or its etymon Yiddish מצה (matse, “(unleavened) bread”). Compare bread, dough (“money”).

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