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spon⋅du⋅licks

  [spon-doo-liks]
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–noun Older Slang.
money; cash.
Also, spon⋅du⋅lix.

Origin:
1855–60, Americanism; orig. uncert.
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spondulicks [spɑnˈdulɪks]

and spondulics; spondulix
  1. n.
    money. : How much spondulicks will this set me back?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

spondulicks 
1856, Amer.Eng. slang, "money, cash," of unknown origin, said to be from Gk. spondylikos, from spondylos, a seashell used as currency (the Gk. word means lit. "vertebra"). Used by Mark Twain and O.Henry and adopted into British English, where it survives despite having died in Amer.Eng.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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