diddledees松针

【使用地区】：美国新英格兰地区各州

【释义】：

An unusual word Nantucketers and other New Englanders use for fallen pine needles．It may derive from the Falkland Island shrub called the diddledee，which was a source of kindling for whalers，the name transferred to Nantucket pine needles，which also were used as kindling．Such pine needles have been called pins，shats，spills，straws，tugs，and twinkles in other sections of the United States．

这是楠塔基特岛人和新英格兰人使用的一个特别的词，意为“落下的松针”。它可能源于福克兰岛一种被称为diddledee的灌木，是捕鲸船的引火柴。该词后转指楠塔基特岛的松针，同样作引火柴用。此类松针在美国其他地区被称为pins，shats，spills，straws，tugs和twinkles。