Etymology

suckauhock

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Today it means: Dark-coloured shell-money, used by Native Americans. Full definition →

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The story

Of Native American origin, probably Algonquian, origin. Roger Williams writes that "suck-" signifies "black"; compare Unami sëk- (“black”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.