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词汇 nicki-nicki
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Definition of nicki-nicki in English:

nicki-nicki

nounˌnɪkɪˈnɪki
mass nounAustralian
  • (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
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Every day we'd give the Aboriginal children half a stick of nicki-nicki for a half a small jam tin of grasshoppers.
    • When they were out of nicki-nicki, the girls would dig into the banks for these roots.
    • Each adult was given a plug of nicki-nicki, which smelt delightful to me, like ripe figs.
    • The soap was issued to all the Aboriginals each week as part of their rations, along with their stick of nicki-nicki.
    • I often used to wonder just how many times one ball of nicki-nicki was passed on during the course of a day.
    • You couldn't smoke the nicki-nicki—it was too hard, and if you tried to bite it, it would just about break your teeth.
    • Some workers were paid small amounts of money, which was normally used to purchase nicki-nicki.
    • The rations I wanted were 20 bags of flour, 6 bags of sugar, a couple of bags of rice and tapioca, 50 pounds of tea, and 50 pounds of nicki-nicki.
    • It wasn't even good tobacco—it was that nicki-nicki stuff I was telling you about before.
    • You'd get two mugs-full of tea and sugar, one tin of treacle, one bar of soap, and half an ounce of nicki-nicki tobacco.

Origin

1920s: from obsolete niggerhead 'tobacco'.

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