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  • die Schlang ˘ noun, pl. Schlange
    1. snake
    2. worm (in distilling apparatus)
    3. der hinnerscht hot die — im Hut, the rearmost has the snake in the hat (last line of several stanzas which were sung to the rhythm of whetting the scythes) (a person was said to have “die Schlang im hut” when he had indulged too freely in the bottle and so fell behind in the line of mowers)
    Etymology: G Schlange