wonga
Meanings
Noun
- Money.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Angloromani [Term?], from Romani angar (“coal”), from Sanskrit अङ्गार (áṅgāra, “charcoal, coal”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hángāras, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óngʷl̥. The English term coal was itself used as a slang term for money in England in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Synonyms
ackers, bees and honey, blunt, brass, bread, bread and honey, Bugs Bunny, cake, cheddar, cheese, ching, clams, coin, cream, currency, dinero, dosh, dough, fedi, feds, finances, flizz, flow, funding, funds, gravy, gwolla, gwop, jack, legal tender, lolly, lovely jubbly, mazuma, means, money, moola, mozzarella, muck, oof, ooftish, paper, rhino, scratch, scrilla, shrapnel, simoleons, smackeroonies, smackeroos, smackers, spend, spondulicks, swag, wampum, wonga, yenom
Scrabble Score: 9
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