Suckauhock

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Dark-coloured shell-money, used by Native Americans. rare, uncountable

Etymology

Of Native American origin, probably Algonquian, origin. Roger Williams writes that "suck-" signifies "black"; compare Unami sëk- (“black”).

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