aggry bead

noun

ag·​gry bead

variants or less commonly aggri bead

ˈa-grē-

: a variegated glass bead found buried in the earth in Ghana and in England

Word History

Etymology

of unknown origin

First Known Use

1788, in the meaning defined above

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