spondulicks

英 [spɒn'djuːlɪks] 美
  • n.
    • [俚语]钱;资金
    • [古语]辅币[亦作 spondulix]
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spondulicks (n.)
1856, American English slang, "money, cash," of unknown origin, said to be from Greek spondylikos, from spondylos, a seashell used as currency (the Greek word means literally "vertebra"). "[U]sed by Mark Twain and by O. Henry and since then adopted into British English" [Barnhart], where it survived after having faded in the U.S.