"cigarette bat" referred to as "schoocher"?

[Landau, James]

The name "cigarette" bat suggests something is on fire, so could
"schoocher" be a variant of "scorcher"?

   - Jim Landau

-----Original Message-----
From: Sarah Lang [mailto:slang at UCHICAGO.EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 4:56 AM
Subject: "cigarette bat" referred to as "schoocher"?

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 . . . .)

S.





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