wonga
/ˈwɒŋɡə/
wonga noun: money.
Noun
wonga (uncountable)
- Money.
- A whole wodge of wonga.
- 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.2009, K. O. Dahl, The Fourth Man: A Thriller, Minotaur Books, →ISBN, page 59
- Synonyms:
- ackers, bees and honey, blunt, bones, brass, bread, bread and honey, Bugs Bunny, cake, cheddar
Proper noun capitalized: Wonga
Wonga
- A locality in South Gippsland Shire, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
Synonyms of wonga
Origin of wonga
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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Questions about wonga
- What does wonga mean?
- Wonga means money.
- What part of speech is wonga?
- Wonga can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce wonga?
- Wonga is pronounced /ˈwɒŋɡə/.
Words near wonga in the dictionary
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