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Word: damballah (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Usage:

...anyone they have not known for several years. The illiterate and docile peasants, who make up 90% of the Haitian population, believe what the government tells them-and it tells them ceaselessly that Papa Doc is their savior, to be revered on a par with Jesus Christ and Damballah, Haiti's voodoo snake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti: The Birthday Blowout | 4/28/1967 | See Source »

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