Wampum synonyms

wŏm'pəm, wôm'-

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money (related)
Any substance or article used as money, as bank notes, checks, etc.
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bead
Beading.
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lettuce
An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green and/or purple leaves.
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peag
Peag, or wampum, are small beads made of shells that were used as money by native North American Indians.
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dough
(Slang) Money.
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gelt
(Judaism) Chocolate candy in the shape of coins, usually wrapped in metallic foil, usually eaten on Hanukkah and often used for games of dreidel.
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green
Green growth or foliage, especially:
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jack
(Slang) A small or worthless amount:
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long green
(Idiomatic, slang, often preceded by some or the) Money, especially in the form of cash.
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mazuma
(US, slang) Cash, money.
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moola
Money.
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scratch
An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation.
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brass
Brass is resistent to sea and salt water due to the alloys which are added to it during its manufacturing.
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wampumpeag
White shell beads used as wampum.
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boodle
Money, especially when acquired or spent illegally or improperly; swag.
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clams
Plural form of clam
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dinero
(Informal) Money
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kale
A plant (Brassica oleracea var. acephala) in the mustard family, having dark green, spreading, usually crinkled leaves that are eaten as a vegetable.
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lolly
A lollipop.
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loot
(Colloquial, US) any prize or profit received for free, especially Christmas presents
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moolah
Archaic form of mullah.
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pelf
(Obs.) Ill-gotten gains; booty
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shekels
Plural form of shekel
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simoleons
(Slang) plural form of simoleon
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sugar
(By extension) Anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance.
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roanoke
An independent city of southwest Virginia west-southwest of Richmond on the Roanoke River. Once known as Big Lick after a nearby salt lick, it was renamed with the coming of the railroad in 1881.
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sewan
Shells used as money by the Algonquian Indians
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cabbage
(Uncountable) The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.
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cash
(Archaic) A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box.
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change
Something different; variety:
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coins
Plural form of coin
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beads
Plural form of bead
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currency
The definition of currency is the money system used in a country, especially paper money.
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lucre
Gain in money or goods; profit; riches. (often in a negative sense)
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bread
The means of living; livelihood
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  • Wampum was employed most in New England, but it was common elsewhere.

  • Wampum was of two colours, dark purple and white, of cylindrical form, averaging a quarter of an inch in length, and about half that in diameter.

  • A strand of wampum, consisting of purple and white shell-beads or a belt woven with figures formed by beads of different colours, operated on the principle of associating a particular fact with a particular string or figure, thus giving a serial arrangement to the facts as well as fidelity to the memory.

  • The term wampum or wampum-peage was apparently applied to the beads only when strung or woven together.

  • Dark wampum, which was made from a "hard shell" clam (Venus mercenaria), popularly called quahang or quahog, a corruption of the Indian name, was the most valuable.

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