English to English
wampum
('w/A/mp/@/m
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noun (n)
- small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- Beads made of shells, used by the North American Indians as money, and also wrought into belts, etc., as an ornament.(noun)source: webster1913