spondulix

British  

/ spɒnˈdjuːlɪks /

noun

1. slang money

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Etymology

Origin of spondulix

C19: of obscure origin

Example Sentences

Steve is one of those good-hearted gulls who's a blame slob on the money market, and he's gone under to the extent of Aunt Laura's and Louise's spondulix, that's all.

From Her Own Way A Play in Four Acts by Fitch, Clyde

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

"Same old way," answered someone at the lower end of the table—"still waiting for the spondulix."

From The Fortunes of Oliver Horn by Smith, Francis Hopkinson

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