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单词 nicki-nicki
释义

nicki-nicki

/ˌnɪkɪˈnɪki /
noun [mass noun] Australian
(In Aboriginal English) black tobacco in the form of a rope-like piece twisted together: a small piece of nicki-nicki was chewed until it was softened...
  • When they were out of nicki-nicki, the girls would dig into the banks for these roots.
  • Every day we'd give the Aboriginal children half a stick of nicki-nicki for a half a small jam tin of grasshoppers.
  • The soap was issued to all the Aboriginals each week as part of their rations, along with their stick of nicki-nicki.

Origin

1920s: from obsolete niggerhead 'tobacco'.

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