Wampum

/ˈwɒmpəm/

Synonyms for "wampum" (106 found)

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Closest matches (22)

anklet armlet bangle bead beads bijou blunt boodle bracelet brass bread breastpin brooch buck bucks cabbage cash

Noun(5 words)

bead currencybelt boodle bread cabbage

Strong matches (31)

Noun(5 words)

ceremonial beltclams dinero dough gelt

chain chaplet charm chatelaine chink chips circle coin coronet cowrie crown currency diadem dinero dough earring fob gelt gem gilt

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grease greengreen stuffgreenbacks jack jewel

Related words (53)

kalelegal tenderlocket lucre mazuma money moolah mopus necklacenose ringoil of palmsointment oof ooftish pinprecious stonerhinestone rhino ring roanoke

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rocks sewan shekels simoleons smash spondulics stickpin stone stumpy sugar swagthe needfultiara tin torque wristband wristlet

Noun(16 words)

kale lettuce lolly loot lucre money moolah peag pelf scratch shekelsshell moneysimoleons sugartreaty beltwampumpeag

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5 relation types

More general

7 entries

beadsceremonial objectcurrencyexchange mediummoneystring of beadstreaty record

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3 entries

shell beadwampum beltwampum string

Collocations

6 entries

belt of wampumceremonial giftrecord of treatyshell beadstreaty wampumwampum belt

Inflections

1 entries

wampums

Derivations

4 entries

bead currencyshell moneywampum beltwampumlike

Sample sentences

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Wampum are shell beads that were used as a currency by Native Americans.

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[A]mong the Red Men of America the giving of the white belt of wampum was the deepest pledge of honor; […]

Source: wiktionary

From his lodge went Hiawatha, / Dressed for travel, armed for hunting; / Dressed in deer-skin shirt and leggings, / Richly wrought with quills and wampum; / On his head his eagle-feathers, / Round his waist his belt of wampum, […]

Source: wiktionary

These title deeds are of wampum, the grant of an Indian chief to the first Dowell, who left Farnham in Surrey in company with William Penn.

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