词组 | wonga |
释义 | wonga noun 1 money. From Romany wanger or wonger, defined by George Borrow in Romano Lavo-Lil, 1907, as 'Coal. Also a term for money; probably because Coal in the cant [criminal] language signifies money'. Romany 'wongar-camming miser' is literally 'one who loves coal'. (Now obsolete 'coal', also 'cole', meant 'money' from the mid-C17, and all but faded away by C20). Variants include 'wong' and 'wonger' UK, 1953. 2 marijuana UK, 1985 |
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