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wampum — /wompam/ Unlike France, Britain undertook no coinage for the use of her American colonies. The earliest medium of exchange for the New England settlements was wampum ordered by The General Court of Massachusetts in 1637. The court ordered that… … Black's law dictionary
wompom — wompam, wompom obs. ff. wampum … Useful english dictionary
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Wampum — Wam pum, n. [North American Indian wampum, wompam, from the Mass. w[ o]mpi, Del. w[=a]pe, white.] Beads made of shells, used by the North American Indians as money, and also wrought into belts, etc., as an ornament. [1913 Webster] Round his waist … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
