23 April 2018

wonga

/ˈwɒŋɡə/

noun

1. (Brit, informal) money

Word Origin

C20: possibly from Romany wongar coal

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Historical Examples

A large flight of wonga wonga pigeons were feeding on the seeds of various species of Acacia; we shot two of them.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia
Ludwig Leichhardt

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23 April 1564 – birth of William Shakespeare, the Bard. English poet and playwright.

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23 April 1928 – birth of Shirley Temple, American actress, singer, dancer and former U.S. ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia. Died 10 February 2014.