wampum
nounSmall 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.
nounMoney.
nounSmall shell beads pierced and strung, used as money and for or nament by the North American Indians.
nounBeads made of shells, used by the North American Indians as money, and also wrought into belts, etc., as an ornament.
nounSmall
Money.
nounsmall cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency
nouninformal terms for money