Thesaurus: wampum
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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- n. Beads made of shells, used by the North American Indians as money, and also wrought into belts, etc., as an ornament.
- n. informal terms for money
- n. small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency
- Beads made of shells, used by the North American Indians asmoney, and also wrought into belts, etc., as an ornament.Round his waist his belt of wampum. Longfellow.Girded with his wampum braid. Whittier.
- n:100 n. small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency