1469-Caller-Wendel-Spondulix by A Way with Words published on 2017-03-30T17:27:32Z Spondulix, also spelled spondulicks, 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. http://waywordradio.org