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Wampum vs Papermoney - What's the difference?

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wampum

English

(wikipedia wampum)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Small beads made from polished shells, especially white ones, formerly used as money and jewelry by certain Native American peoples.
  • (informal) Money.

    • Synonyms

    * (small beads) seawan, peag

    Antonyms

    * (white shells) suckanhock (black shells)

    Derived terms

    * wampum belt

    papermoney

    Not English

    Papermoney has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

    English words similar to 'papermoney':

    pepperminty