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wonga

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Romani wangar (coal), from Sanskrit ?????? (á?g?ra, charcoal, coal), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háng?ras, from Proto-Indo-European *h?óng?l?. The English term coal was itself used as a slang term for money in England in the 18th and 19th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?w????/
  • Rhymes: -????

Noun

wonga (uncountable)

  1. (slang, Britain, chiefly London, New Zealand) Money.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:money
    • 2009, K. O. Dahl, The Fourth Man: A Thriller, Minotaur Books (?ISBN), page 59:
      I don't mean to be difficult, I said to the madame in reception, but I'm paying a lot of wonga, so these women of yours should be able to manage a bit of service, shouldn't they, I said, and then I was given a voucher.

Further reading

  • “wonga”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

  • Gowan, Wagon, gowan, wagon, wango

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wongs

English

Noun

wongs

  1. plural of wong

Verb

wongs

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wong

Anagrams

  • gowns

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