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WAMPUM

\wˈampəm], \wˈampəm], \w_ˈa_m_p_ə_m]\

Definitions of WAMPUM

2011 - English Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans
small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Beads made of shells, used by the North American Indians as money and for ornament.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

The North American Indian name for shells or beads used as money and as tokens of treaties and alliances between tribes.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Strings of shells used as money by the North American Indians.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Beads formed of shells strung on threads, formerly used by the American Indians as currency, and worn also as ornaments.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

n. Small beads made of shells, used by the North American Indians as money, and wrought into belts, &c., as an ornament.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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