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gelt; geld noun money UK, 1529 Originally conventional English, then out of favour, then back as slang. German, Dutch and Yiddish claims on its origin.- How is he to collect all this gelt? — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 52, 1956
- She still ignored the drunks figuring somebody with gelt would pop up. — Hubert Selby Jr., Last Exit to Brooklyn, p. 120, 1957
- Mickey Cohen is Skidsville, U.S.A., and he needs moolah, gelt, the old cashola. — James Ellroy, White Jazz, p. 7, 1992
- “AWB”. It stands not for the rightwing grouping but “Almal Wil Baklei” (Everyone wants to fight). “Over geld (money),” he laughs. — Sunday Times (South Africa), 21 June 2000
- — Paul Baker, Polari, p. 175, 2002
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