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wonga.

Money.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈwɒŋɡə/
  1. Money.

    London · New-Zealand · slang · uncountable
    A whole wodge of wonga.
Where this word comes from

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.

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