comboloion.
/kɒmbəˈləʊjəʊ/ A Muslim rosary of ninety-nine beads; also, a similar string of beads used to occupy the fingers.
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the mind > emotion > calmness > [noun] > calming person or thing > specific
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worry beads1964
society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > rosary > [noun] > used by non-Christians
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1813 Ld. Byron Bride Abydos ii. v. 72 And by her Comboloio lies A Koran of illumin'd dyes.
1830 J. Galt Life Byron (ed. 3) xii. 83 In his left hand he held a string of small coral beads, a comboloio which he twisted backwards and forwards.
1910 Encycl. Brit. XII. 431/2 The Turkish practice of carrying a string of beads or rosary (comboloio), which provides an occupation for the hands, is very common.
1968 B. Norman Hounds of Sparta ix. 58 Worry beads clicked incessantly through the fingers of the passengers... But this incessant clicking of the gomboloia struck him as positively craven.
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