wonga
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Angloromani [Term?], from Romani angar (“coal”), from Sanskrit अङ्गार (áṅgāra, “charcoal, coal”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hángāras, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óngʷl̥. The English term coal was itself used as a slang term for money in England in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈwɒŋɡə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɒŋɡə
Noun
[edit]wonga (uncountable)
- (slang, chiefly London, New Zealand) Money.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:money
- A whole wodge of wonga.
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “wonga”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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