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tobaccomik
[< tobacco + Esk. komik that tickles or itches]
Arctic
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
in Eskimo parlance, tobacco, especially snuff.
Quotations
1922
Never did Eskimo so quickly gulp down the few scraps of food we had to spare, and the tobaccomik and tea we gave them they held close with trembling hands, when finally they bade us "chimo" and strode off through the gloom.
1936
"Me good friend of Kablunak Winslow," he explained to the old man . . . "Tomorrow, maybe, I have tea and tobaccomik for your people."