wampum
wampum
Definition
☆ wam·pum (wäm′pəm)
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
Etymology: earlier wampompeag < Massachusett (cf. Abenaki wαpαpəyak, wampum strings < wαp-, white + -αpi, string + -ak, pl.)
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