Tuesday word: Spondulicks

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Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Spondulicks (noun)
spondulicks or spondulix [spon-doo-liks]

noun, Older Slang.
1. money; cash.

Origin: An Americanism dating back to 1855–60; origin uncertain

Example Sentences
But in a larger sense, the Qataris were offering something more seductive than pure spondulicks.
From Salon

Sir Alex Ferguson is going to continue with his stated on-the-record policy of only ever investing in youth by sending £12m spondulicks to Everton's current account in exchange for the 27-year-old fresh and fledgling full-back that is Leighton Baines.
From The Guardian

The Ochre, I mean, mate, the spondulicks, call the dashed stuff wot you please.
From Project Gutenberg

For the Roosevelt Administration, after seven years of practice in free & easy spending, was now really swinging the spondulicks.
From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Pinhead was worth eighty millions, Miss Nothingbutt had eighty-two; Why do cash and spondulicks get married?
From Project Gutenberg