wampum[noun]Synonyms: money, cash, coin, currency, dough, greenbacks, jack, legal tender, lucre, mazuma
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wam‧pum /ˈwɒmpəm $ ˈwɑːm-/
noun [uncountable][
Date: 1600-1700;
Origin: wampumpeag 'wampum', from Narragansett, from wampan 'white' + api 'string' + -ag (plural suffix)]
shells put into strings, belts etc, used in the past as money by Native Americans
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