wampum in WordNet English dictionary

1. informal terms for money
   boodle  bread  cabbage  clams  dinero  dough  gelt  kale  lettuce  lolly  lucre  loot  moolah  pelf  scratch  shekels  simoleons  sugar  wampum 
   
2. small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency
   wampum  peag  wampumpeag