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Word: tumtum (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...depended on them for my every need: food, water, cigarettes, paper and pen. These they provided in abundant supply -almost too abundant. The meals originally came at a rate of five a day: two in the morning, then lunch, a hefty afternoon snack, and finally dinner. "Tumtum one of the Khmers said, slapping my fat stomach. Then, slapping his own rock-hard middle, he boasted, "Kampuchea, tut-tut." Kampuchea means Cambodia in Khmer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Report from a Captured Correspondent | 9/7/1970 | See Source »

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