wonga

n. [鸟]澳洲大白面鸽[土著语]

发音

其它 /ˈwɒŋɡə/

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Money.

    新西兰 俚语 不可数

    A whole wodge of wonga.

相关短语

wonga pigeon wonga pigeons Wonga Park

词源

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.

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