wampum
IPA: wˈɑmpʌm
noun
- (uncountable) Small cylindrical beads made from polished shells (especially white ones) which have been strung together, formerly used by Native American peoples of eastern North America for various purposes including as jewellery and money, and for record-keeping; (countable, archaic) one such bead.
- (uncountable, slang) Money.
- (countable, obsolete) Short for wampum snake (“the common kingsnake or eastern kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula)”) [(obsolete) The common kingsnake or eastern kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula).]
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Examples of "wampum" in Sentences
- Look at wampum as an example of of money.
- He found wampum and seashells at the beach.
- He holds a belt of wampum in his left hand.
- One black Sewant is equal to two white wampum.
- The Native Americans used wampum for transcription.
- The Peacemaker uses wampum to record and relay messages.
- So the settlers themselves began to use wampum as money.
- In the beginning, they used wampum more than anything else.
- Most wampum belts, for instance, are made of shells strung together.
- Wampum are traditional, sacred shell beads of Eastern Woodlands tribes.
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