wampum
(noun)
noun
1. informal terms for money
Similar word(s): boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar
Definition categories: possession, money
2. small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency
Similar word(s): peag, wampumpeag
Definition categories: man–made, beads