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WAMPUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency
Synonyms:
peag; wampum; wampumpeag
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("wampum" is a kind of...):
beads; string of beads (several beads threaded together on a string)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Informal terms for money
Synonyms:
boodle; bread; cabbage; clams; dinero; dough; gelt; kale; lettuce; lolly; loot; lucre; moolah; pelf; scratch; shekels; simoleons; sugar; wampum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("wampum" is a kind of...):
money (the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender)
