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Visionam Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
What does this phrase mean?
Hi~
I wonder what the next phrase means:
'take snuff from the dried s/crotum of a goat' (from THE GOD DELUSION by Richard Dawkins)
Does it mean snuffing the dried s/crotum of a goat or taking snuff tobacco from the dried s/crotum of a goat, or else??
The whole sentence including the above phrase is as follow:
'The Bongolese have a completely different concept of "in", according to which you are only truly "in" a place if you are
an anointed elder entitled to take snuff from the dried s/crotum of a goat.'
Thank you in advance !
I wonder what the next phrase means:
'take snuff from the dried s/crotum of a goat' (from THE GOD DELUSION by Richard Dawkins)
Does it mean snuffing the dried s/crotum of a goat or taking snuff tobacco from the dried s/crotum of a goat, or else??
The whole sentence including the above phrase is as follow:
'The Bongolese have a completely different concept of "in", according to which you are only truly "in" a place if you are
an anointed elder entitled to take snuff from the dried s/crotum of a goat.'
Thank you in advance !
Top answer
My understanding, without knowing anything more about this custom than what you have written in your post, is that it refers to the taking of pinches of snuff (tobacco) from a pouch made out of a goat's s-c-r-o-t-u-m.
- My understanding, without knowing anything more about this custom than what you have written in your post, is that it refers to the taking of pinches of snuff (tobacco) from a pouch made out of a goat's s-c-r-o-t-u-m.
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My understanding, without knowing anything more about this custom than what you have written in your post, is that it refers to the taking of pinches of snuff (tobacco) from a pouch made out of a goat's s-c-r-o-t-u-m.
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