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nounspirit money (usually uncountable, plural spirit monies or spirit moneys)
plural spirit monies · plural spirit moneys
- uncountableusuallySynonym of joss paper.
That night, I bought a stack of spirit money. In U.S. currency, of course. I would make it rain Franklins in the spirit world.
2018, Ling Ma, chapter 8, in Severance, →ISBNSynonyms: joss paper
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nounSynonym of joss paper.
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