mopus

noun

mo·​pus

ˈmōpəs

plural mopuses or mopusses

slang

: money, cash

especially : ready money

—usually plural

… Turnbull's a stubborn young fule wi' more mopuses than sense, …

—George Goldsmith Carter, The Smacksmen, 1948

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