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单词 eskimo kiss
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Eskimo kiss
Eskimo kiss n. a greeting in which two people touch or rub noses together as an expression of affection. The notion derives from an Inuit custom of greeting loved ones by pressing the nose against another's skin and breathing in.
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1895 Little Folks Dec. 415/2 (caption) An Eskimo kiss.
1917 R. Hughes We can't have Everything iv. vi. 549 Only a pane of glass parted the tips of their flattened noses. It was a sort of sterilized Eskimo kiss.
1971 Boston Globe 9 Mar. 21/1 (caption) Vice President Spiro Agnew gets Eskimo kiss from Mrs. Laura Bergt, of National Council of Indian Opportunity.
2017 A. Silvera Hist. is All you left Me 98 I rub his nose against mine, not stopping until Theo mimics me. ‘That's an Eskimo kiss.’
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