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coil

/kɔɪl/ noun C2
  1. A wad of cash. (informal, slang)
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A countryman saw them, and running up, loosed the coil of the Serpent and let the Eagle go free.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 65 · B2
Nag coiled himself down, coil by coil, round the bulge at the bottom of the water jar, and Rikki-tikki stayed still as death.
The Jungle Book, p. 75 · B2
I did so, and driven by the draught a coil of grey smoke swirled down the corridor, while the dry straw crackled and flamed.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 61 · C1

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