wampum
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noun
- small beads made of shells and used by North American Indians as money, for ornament, etc.: they were of two varieties, white and the more valuable black (or dark purple)
- Slang money
See wampum in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(wŏmˈpəm, wômˈ-)
noun- Small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts, formerly used by certain Native American peoples as currency and jewelry or for ceremonial exchanges between groups. Also called peag.
- Informal Money.
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