wampum

noun

Small 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.

noun

Money.

noun

Small shell beads pierced and strung, used as money and for or nament by the North American Indians.

noun

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

noun

Small beads made from polished shells, especially white ones, formerly used as money and jewelry by certain Native American peoples.

noun

Money.

noun

small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency

noun

informal terms for money