Definition of wampum Wampum

/wɑˈmpʌm/ - [wampum] - wam•pum

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Noun

Plural: wampums

wampum - 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
wampum - informal terms for money
  boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar
  money wealth reckoned in terms of money; "all his money is in real estate"
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  • wampum (Noun)
    Small beads made from polished shells, especially white ones, formerly used as money and jewelry by certain Native American peoples.
  • wampum (Noun)
    Money.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • wampum (n.)
    Beads made of shells, used by the North American Indians as money, and also wrought into belts, etc., as an ornament.

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