Carrying pole

[Douglas G. Wilson]

Randy Alexander wrote:
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> Does anyone know of a special word or term in English for the kind of
> pole that one would put over one's shoulder to carry two buckets of
> water (one on each end of the pole)?
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Maybe not a general term, maybe (obsolete?) US military slang: "chogi[e]
stick": a few examples are Googleable.

[I guess this is the same "chogi" which means "[Korean] laborer", also
"go", also "carry"/"tote"/"hump" or so (IIRC) ... shown in HDAS ... I
suppose from Korean, I don't know from which Korean word or by what
semantic route.]

-- Doug Wilson

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