Spondulix

Spondulix, also spelled spondulicks and spondolux, is a slang term for money. Mark Twain used it in Huckleberry Finn, although it had been around for a while before that. The word may derive from the Greek word spondylos, meaning “vertebra” or “spine,” suggesting the similarity between a column of those round bones and of a stack of coins. This is part of a complete episode.