Biliken
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| A billiken is a good luck charm named after President William (Billy) Howard Taft. It was invented in 1908. Eskimo carvers adopted this figure and began selling them as souvenirs in Nome in 1909.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billiken Image Source: The Green News[1] | ||
| billiken | generic | |
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