Worry Beads (Kompoloi)

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KOMBOLOI--47,100 Google hits
KOMPOLOI--528 Google hits
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OED has a miserable little entry for komboloi/kompoloi ("worry beads")
under "worry," but the Greek name should also be an entry. They're very
popular.
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(OED)
worry (n.)
Special Combs. worry beads, a string of beads manipulated by the
fingers as a means of occupying one's hands and calming the nerves;
worry lines, lines or wrinkles on the forehead supposedly formed by a
habitual expression of worry.
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1964 in M. McLuhan Understanding Media viii. 78 You will notice that
many Greek men..spend a lot of time counting the beads of what appear
to be amber rosaries... They are komboloia or ‘worry beads’.
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(GOOGLE)
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www.kompoloi.gr
kompoloi, koboloi, kosmima, kapsakis, warry, beats, beads, asimi,
xrisos, gold, paradosi, byzantini, bizantini, xandres, kexrimpbari,
kexribari, koralia, ...
www.kompoloi.gr/ - 6k - Cached - Similar pages
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Komboloi
The beads are called komboloi (pronounced come-bo-loy, with the accent
on the last syllable) ... The word komboloi comes from the word kombos,
meaning knot, ...
www.yasou.org/geninfo/komboloi.htm - 12k - Cached - Similar pages
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MISC.
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I'll be leaving Santorini for Crete this afternoon.
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THAT'S THE WAY THE PICKLE SQUIRTS--what someone on my tour uses instead
of "cookie crumbles."
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PAIN IN THE PINOCHUS--pinochus? Again, what someone on the tour uses.

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