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Origin:
1855–60, Americanism; < Mexican Spanish cholla head (perhaps < Old French (dial.) cholle ball < Gmc); see keel1
1855–60, Americanism; < Mexican Spanish cholla head (perhaps < Old French (dial.) cholle ball < Gmc); see keel1
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Cholla
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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| cholla (ˈtʃəʊljɑː, Spanish ˈtʃoʎa) | |
| —n | |
| See also prickly pear any of several spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia that grow in the southwestern US and Mexico and have cylindrical stem segments | |
| [Mexican Spanish, from Spanish: head, perhaps from Old French (dialect) cholle ball, of Germanic origin] | |
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