The Italians even have a word for the mark left on a table by a moist glass {culacino} while the Gaelic speakers of Scotland, not to be outdone, have a word for the itchiness that overcomes the upper lip just before taking a sip of whiskey. {Wouldn't they just?} It's sgriob.
( Bill Bryson )
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