jatmoos

== Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Yiddish יד מעות (yad mo('e)s). The sense “thief” is a much later development from jatmozen (“to engage in petty theft”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈjɑt.moːs/ Hyphenation: jat‧moos === Noun === jatmoos m or n (plural jatmozen, diminutive jatmoosje n) (uncountable, Bargoens, slang) the first cash a merchant receives on a day 1903, Bernard Canter, Kalverstraat, Vennootschap ‘Letteren en Kunst’, 16. 1925, Israël Querido, "Mooie Karel", in De Jordaan. Amsterdamsch epos, part 4, Scheltens & Giltay (6th ed., first ed. 1924), 278. 1939, Willem van Iependaal, De dans om de rinkelbom, Arbo, 276. (countable, slang) thief ==== Synonyms ==== (first money received): handgeld handgift