Word: beetlenut
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...shopkeeper is about thirty but has teeth and gums stained dark red from years of chewing doma—beetlenut wrapped in a leaf and smeared with lime paste. (It is said to give a mild high but the one time I tried it, I got only nausea.) As she lays my purchases in front of me, I am feeling proud of myself for making this shopping trip by myself, excited to start blending in more when I walk through town. And then the shopkeeper says, “you know how to wear?” Uh?...
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