Meanings
- obsoleteuncountablecostermongersMoney
My tailor serves you well, from a perger to a swell, / At Groves's you're safe to make a sure pitch, / For ready yenom down, there ain't a shop in town, / Can lick Groves in The Cut as well as Shoreditch.
c. 1864, Alfred Peck Stevens, “The Chickaleary Cove”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris, published 1896, page 1621 more example
“Kool retfa the posh” he’d call to Mum, “I’m going to ekat the yenom to the kaynab” Somewhere Dad had learnt Backslang and this was the preferred medium of communication between him and Mum when there were customers in the shop. What he had just said was, “Look after the shop, I’m taking the money to the bank”
2014 October 18, “Golborne Road, Miscellaneous Memories”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), retrieved 06 Jun 2017Synonyms: money
Synonyms & antonyms
nounMoney
Origin
Back slang for money.
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yenom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yenom
“yenom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yenom. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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