From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mollah \Mol"lah\, n. [Ar. maul[=a], commonly moll[=a]in Turkey.]
1. One of the higher order of Turkish; also, a Turkish title
of respect for a religious and learned man. [Written also
{mullah} and {moolah}.]
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. A title of respect used in Islamic countries for one who
is learned in Islamic law; a teacher or expounder of
Islamic law.
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Moolah \Moo"lah\, Moollah \Mool"lah\, n.
See {Mollah}.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
moola \moo"la\, moolah \moo"lah\(m[=oo]"l[.a]), n.
money. [slang]
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moolah
n 1: informal terms for money [syn: {boodle}, {bread},
{cabbage}, {clams}, {dinero}, {dough}, {gelt}, {kale},
{lettuce}, {lolly}, {lucre}, {loot}, {moolah}, {pelf},
{scratch}, {shekels}, {simoleons}, {sugar}, {wampum}]
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