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zacacualli.

Headword: 
zacacualli.
Principal English Translation: 

straw

Orthographic Variants: 
zacaqualli
Attestations from sources in English: 

Pollocotli, zacaqualli. Quitoznequi: in tlein amo qualli, amo yectli, iztlacatiliztli. = Chaff and straw. This means lies, which are something bad, something wrong.
Thelma D. Sullivan, "Nahuatl Proverbs, Conundrums, and Metaphors, Collected by Sahagún," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 4 (1963), 170–171.