wampum
wampum /ˈwɑːmpəm/
noun
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[ N. American]
Small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency
(
peag
, wampum
[ N. American] , wampumpeag
)
small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency
-
Informal terms for money
(
boodle
, bread
, cabbage
, clams
, dinero
, gelt
, lettuce
, lolly
, lucre
, dough
, kale
, loot
, moolah
, pelf
, scratch
, shekels
, simoleons
, sugar
, wampum
)
informal terms for money