wonga
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Romani wangar (“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 century.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɒŋɡə
Noun
wonga (uncountable)
- (slang, Britain, chiefly London, New Zealand) Money.
- A whole wodge of wonga.
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