General
yenom
What does yenom mean?
A day's earnings or profit from the barrow.
"Bad weather, no crowds, and barely any yenom to show for it."
Origin
Cockney costermonger back-slang of the 1840s ('money' reversed), the general money term in the coded financial vocabulary recorded by Mayhew (1851) and Hotten (1859).
Frequently asked questions
What does yenom mean?
It means money — 'money' spelled backwards in Cockney back-slang.
How is yenom different from yennep and dunop?
Yenom is money in general; yennep is specifically a penny and dunop a pound. Yenom is the catch-all.
Where did yenom come from?
From the back-slang of 1830s–40s London street sellers, documented by Mayhew and Hotten in the mid-1800s.
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