All my words are from Elephant Run, a novel by Roland Smith set in Burma in the 1940s.
1. nat
(n)
Definition—in Burmese folk religion, any of a group of spirits
Usage—“If the nats didn’t like the offering, they came out and tormented the mahouts and their families.”
2. mahout
(n) [ma-HOWT]
Definition—the driver and keeper of an elephant
Usage—“A group of mahouts working in the forest found him beneath a banyan tree and took him back to their village.”
3. singoung
(n)
Definition—foreman
Usage—“Magwe was always second-guessing the singoung’s decisions.”
4. cheroot
(n) [sher-ROOT]
Definition—a cigar with both ends cut off squarely
Usage—“He paused to stick a cheroot into his mouth, but didn’t take both hands off the steering wheel to light it—to Nick’s relief.”
7 comments:
If I used "nats" around here, everyone would think I meant gnats! Great new words! Thanks for participating!
I like all these words, very interesting. For some reason that "cheroot" looks really, really big. Maybe because it's a closeup view??
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I like your words this week. I've seen cheroot before and, from the context, figured it was something to be smoked. But I never looked it up. I'm glad you did.
I never knew what an elephant handler was called. Now I know! Great words. They were all knew to me. Sounds like an interesting book.
Great words! I only knew cheroot
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Very interesting words. I most especially was drawn towards the word mahout. Elephants happen to be one of my favorite animals so that is why the word was intriguing.
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Sounds like an interesting book that is teaching you all kinds of new words! Thank you so much for sharing. :)
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