Definitions for "Wampum"
Keywords:  quahog, beads, whelk, purple, shell
Beads made of shells, used by the North American Indians as money, and also wrought into belts, etc., as an ornament.
Small beads made of shells woven into belts and bracelets and used as a kind of money for trade.
beads made from two types of shells. The white beads were made from Northern whelk shells and the purple beads were made from quahog (clam) shells.
Keywords:  money, informal, terms
informal terms for money