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Peyote
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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World English Dictionary
| peyote (peɪˈəʊtɪ, pɪ-) | |
| —n | |
| another name for mescal | |
| [Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl peyotl] | |
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Word Origin & History
peyote
"mescal cactus," 1849, from Mex.Sp. peyote, from Nahuatl peyotl, said to mean "caterpillar," the cactus so called in allusion to the downy button on top.
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