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Traditional English :: wampum
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wampom.html - n. beads made from shells and strung together for use as money, decoration, or as aids to memory by N. American Indians. [Algonquin wampumpeag f. wap white + umpe string + -ag pl. suffix] |
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Traditional English :: wampum
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wampom.html - n. beads made from shells and strung together for use as money, decoration, or as aids to memory by N. American Indians. [Algonquin wampumpeag f. wap white + umpe string + -ag pl. suffix] |
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English Idioms :: wade into
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wampom.html - {v.}, {informal} 1. To go busily to work. * /The house was a mess after the party, but Mother waded in and soon had it clean again./ 2. To attack. * /When Bill had heard Jim's argument, he waded in and took it apart./ * /Jack waded into the boys with his fists flying./ |
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English Idioms :: wade through
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wampom.html - {v. phr.} To read through something long and laborious. * /It took John six months to wade through Tolstoy's War and Peace in the original Russian./ |
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English Idioms :: wag
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wampom.html - See: TONGUES TO WAG or TONGUES WAG. |
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English Idioms :: wag one's chin
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wampom.html - See: BEAT ONE'S GUMS, CHEW THE FAT, CHEW THE RAG, SHOOT THE BREEZE. |
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