- a variation of spondulicks.
spondulix
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of spondulix
C19: of obscure origin
Example Sentences
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Spend a little spondulix with the ole woman so’s she won’t kick you out, and shine up t’ Carlota when Boston’s on the premises.
From Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher by Gates, Eleanor
"I ain't no bayou minnow to git jes' a little nibble of dat money—half of dat cash spondulix is mine."
From The Ten-foot Chain or, Can Love Survive the Shackles? A Unique Symposium by Abdullah, Achmed
If you are speaking of a wealthy man don't say "He has plenty of spondulix," or "the long green."
From How to Speak and Write Correctly by Devlin, Joseph
But I don't see the spondulix that oughter follow.
From A Sappho of Green Springs by Harte, Bret
Meanwhile, waiting for the spondulix to pour in, has wife and family to support.
From Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel by Farjeon, Benjamin Leopold
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