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totem pole

 noun
     
totem pole
Related topics: Anthropology
totem pole [countable]
1SA a tall wooden pole with one or more totems cut or painted on it, made by the Native Americans of northwest North America
2

low man on the totem pole

American English someone of low rank in an organization or business
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