moola antedated to 1937

[Jonathan Lighter]

Nice.

An acquaintance of mine suspected that "moola" might be related to the
Arabic root "m-l" implying property or substance (IIRC).  He was going to
Egypt anyway and said he would test his theory.

No dice.  The Egyptians stared at him. "Moola" was meaningless.

JL

On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu>wrote:

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> OED and HDAS have moola(h) from 1939
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> Sunday Morning Star, Wilmington Delaware [and other newspapers]- Google
> News Archive - Dec 19, 1937 p. 38 col. 4
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> Best Bets Of The Week . by Mark Hellinger [1903  -1947,  syndicated
> columnist, producer, etc.]
> Odds And Ends In The Entertainment World:  When you click in Hollywood, the
> moola really rolls in. Just about a year ago Deanna Durbin was earning $150
> a week. Today, while making "Mad About Music," she draws $2,500 weekly from
> the studio, earns a heavy sum from broadcasting and records, and is picking
> up in the neighborhood of $100.000 a year from fashion work. Nice work if
> you can get it...
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