Meaning & use
Sheckle
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An informal variant spelling of shekel, used loosely as slang for money, especially in plural form.
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He complained about spending all his sheckles on rent.
Save your sheckles for something worthwhile.
A note on using this word
Shekel was originally an ancient Middle Eastern unit of weight and currency, still used today as the official currency of Israel; 'sheckle' is a casual respelling used mainly as slang for money.
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