Spondulix (1848); Spondulicks (1855)

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(Oxford English Dictionary)
spondulicks
slang. orig. U.S.
Money, cash. Also, a piece of money, a coin.
1857  in R. H. Thornton Amer. Gloss. (1912), He lost..All the  brass and all
the needful, All the spondulix and buttons.

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12 January 1848, Tioga Eagle (Wellsboro, PA), pg. 4, col. 3:
Bill has got the _rocks_, _tin_, _spoons_, _spondulix_, or _John Davis_, to
pay for any quantity of GREEN HIDES--and would be extremely, _werry_ happy, to
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2 or 4 Journeymen,...
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_On  Dits in Sporting Circles._
(http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=804474532&SrchMode=1&sid=3&Fmt=10&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HNP&TS=1150
579045&clientId=65882)
Spirit of the Times; A  Chronicle of the Turf, Agriculture, Field Sports,
Literature and the Stage  (1835-1861). New York: Jan 27, 1855. Vol. 24, Iss. 50;
p. 594 (1 page)
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...each 'orse to change drivers, and the _last_ one in takes the
Spondulicks. Nuff Ced.

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