noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
totem pole
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
animal
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The wolf has always been a totem animal for the Nez Perce.
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The actors impersonate the totem animal , thus identifying and promoting a resonant connection with it.
pole
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The totem pole was created by two local carvers.
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When this dominant fish dies or is removed, his place is taken by the next man on the totem pole .
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Not a climber of corporate totem poles .
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Here I was, the last guy on the totem pole .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
low man on the totem pole
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And we were travelling again, through ravine, under totem .
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And your totems have the same names as my masks, but I made those names up!
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He looked at the stains on his hands, then at the murder beside the totem .
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She touched this totem carefully, gaining confidence as it quivered and tautened.
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The hooded serpent was their totem .
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There is only one thing I can tell you of these totems.
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Tribesmen select totem creatures as a bridge between the separate worlds of spirit and dreams.
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When this dominant fish dies or is removed, his place is taken by the next man on the totem pole.