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plural mons or mon
(historical) The former currency of Japan until 1870, before the yen. quotations
The shimonsen or shimon, originally worth four mon, but debased to two mon.
1902, Walter Del Mar, Around the World Through Japan, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., page 136
The badge or emblem of a Japanese family, especially a family of the ancient feudal nobility; typically circular and consists of conventionalized forms from nature. examples
(slang, used in the vocative) A colloquial means of address of man in places such as Jamaica and Shropshire in England. quotations
Ee I'm allus glad to see a mon like thee. That's as welcome lad, as welcome as can be. Fotch thi cheer up t'table. Stop as long as th'art able. Fer I'm allus glad to see a mon like thee.
1974, “A Mon Like Thee”, in Best o't' Bunch, performed by The Oldham Tinkers
I am a Black Country mon. Yow dow know and the Brummies woh understond.
2020, “Black Country Mon”performed by Johnny Cole
plural mons
(fandom slang) A creature in a video game, usually one which is captured, trained up and used in battles. quotations
Here they are, the fans voted for them, and here they are, the Mons that can...
2000 November 25, Thomas Conner, “Digimon Top Ten Choice List”, in alt.fan.digimon (Usenet)
When a mon attacks him, he returns the same strike with the world "Reflection" after it, double the original strength.
2003 February 15, sirSTACK, “Digimon #429”, in alt.fan.digimon (Usenet)
And thus did it come to pass that the boy and the two mons, after a brief final discussion began the training.
2011 June 6, Clayton, “PW! - Training Interlude”, in alt.games.nintendo.pokemon (Usenet)
(fandom slang) A video game or anime in which catching and battling creatures is an important element. quotations
Pokemon, digimon and all other merchandised mons, what good parent will disagree with me that those little invading, mind rotting things should be tolerated... those should be illegal, too...
2001 May 27, Travis Anton, “Cigarette Smoke”, in alt.home.repair (Usenet)
And dont buy Pokemon or Digimon or any other bloody Mons or you will never hear the ned[sic] of it :-)
2001 May 24, Horace Wachope, “Kids Toys”, in alt.ozdebate (Usenet)
At any rate Digimon was the best mon/collector series we've seen yet, to the point its popularity was prolly bigger here than its marketing.
2003 December 9, tito, “Main difference between anime an U.S. cartoons?”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet)