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קוזניקע

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Yiddish

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Etymology

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From Yiddish קוזין and feminine suffix -קע.

Noun

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קוזניקע (kuznike?, plural קוזינקעס (kuzinkes)

  1. a female cousin
  2. (Khurbn) A woman bartering sex for food and privileges.

References

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  • Pollin-Galay, H. (2024). Occupied Words: What the Holocaust did to Yiddish, pp.147-151, 239. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN: 978-1512825909