"cigarette bat" referred to as "schoocher"?

[Wilson Gray]

Thank you, Sarah! Oh, well. Yet another clear sign that the days of my
youth are the days of yore.

-Wilson

On 6/6/07, Sarah Lang <slang at uchicago.edu> wrote:
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> Poster:       Sarah Lang <slang at UCHICAGO.EDU>
> Subject:      Re: "cigarette bat" referred to as "schoocher"?
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> A metal cylindar that looks like a cigarette:
> http://www.netbong.com/bat.JPG
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> but that one uses to smoke pot
> http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cigarette+bat
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> S.
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> On Jun 6, 2007, at 2:06 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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> > Subject:      Re: "cigarette bat" referred to as "schoocher"?
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> > What's a cigarette bat?
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> > -Wilson
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> > On 6/6/07, Sarah Lang <slang at uchicago.edu> wrote:
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> >> Poster:       Sarah Lang <slang at UCHICAGO.EDU>
> >> Subject:      "cigarette bat" referred to as "schoocher"?
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> >> So I just heard this term today and I cannot find a record of it
> >> anywhere (I tried possible variant spellings, or even
> >> mispronunciation). Is anyone familiar with "schoocher"? (Scoob/ed is
> >> the only thing I can find that is even somewhat related . . . .)
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> >> S.
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