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Unread 11-26-2012, 04:08 AM
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Somebody suggests that spondulicks is Greek, from the Greek word for shell. You know, cowrie shells. Except that it isn't.

To be honest I don't think the word is really current, though I heard it on the wireless in the 1950s, I think. Perhaps the Goon Show.
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