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wampum

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wam·pum  (wmpm, wôm-)
n.
1. 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.
2. Informal Money.
[Short for wampumpeag.]
wampum [wom-pum]
Noun
(formerly) money used by Native Americans of N America, made of shells strung or woven together [Native American wampompeag]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.wampumwampum - informal terms for money
boodle, clams, dinero, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, moolah, pelf, shekels, simoleons, loot, dough, bread, cabbage, sugar, scratch
money - the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender; "we tried to collect the money he owed us"
2.wampumwampum - small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency
peag, wampumpeag
beads, string of beads - several beads threaded together on a string


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The Indians had a sort of money, called wampum, which was made of clam-shells; and this strange sort of specie was likewise taken in payment of debts by the English settlers.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
He also bore a knife in a girdle of wampum, like that which confined the scanty garments of the Indian, but no tomahawk.
The Last of The Mohicans by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
The men, especially, who in savage life carry a passion for personal decoration further than the females, did not think their gala equipments complete unless they had a jewel of hiaqua, or wampum, dangling at the nose.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
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