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mot·ser

   [mot-ser]
noun Australian Slang.
a large amount of money, especially a sum won in gambling.
Also, motzer, motza.

Origin:
1940–45; perhaps alteration of Polari medzers, medzies, metzes money, plural of medzer, madzer halfpenny, ultimately < Italian mezzo half, mezzo

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mot·zer

   [mot-ser]
noun
motser.
Also, mot·za  [mot-suh] .
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motser or motza (ˈmɒtsə)
 
—n
informal (Austral) a large sum of money, esp a gambling win
 
[of uncertain origin; possibly Yiddish]
 
motza or motza
 
—n
 
[of uncertain origin; possibly Yiddish]

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