mosh v.1
1. to leave a restaurant without paying one’s bill; thus the mosh n., the practice of committing this fraud.
Vulgar Tongue 22: ‘Doing the mosh on the quiet.’ Dining at an eating-house, and not paying. | ||
Vocabulum. | ||
Sl. and Its Analogues. |
2. to pawn.
Le Slang. | ||
(con. 1910–20s) Hell’s Kitchen 119: Mosh ... to pawn. |
In compounds
a pawnbroker’s shop.
(con. 1910–20s) Hell’s Kitchen 119: Mosh-shop ... a pawnbroker’s. |