spondulicks
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of spondulicks
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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But in a larger sense, the Qataris were offering something more seductive than pure spondulicks.
From Salon • Nov. 20, 2022
For the Roosevelt Administration, after seven years of practice in free & easy spending, was now really swinging the spondulicks.
From Time Magazine Archive
An' to her also Julie had passed the spondulicks.
From Vicky Van by Wells, Carolyn
The old firm will carry on as usual; Enwright and Orgreave will have to manage it between them; and of course they wouldn't dream of trying to cut off the spondulicks.
From The Roll-Call by Bennett, Arnold
Also it was convincingly true that the ingoing party—its way now made a pacific one—would need the "spondulicks."
From Cabbages and Kings by Henry, O.
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