beeldjeskoop

Dutch

Etymology

Traditionally considered a compound of beeldje +‎ -s- +‎ koop (stem of kopen (“to buy”)) (in which case it would be an exocentric compound, with an unusual head), but considered a univerbation of beeldjes +‎ koop based on the slogan beeldjes te koop (“statuettes for sale”) by the WNT.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbeːlt.jəsˌkoːp/
Hyphenation: beeld‧jes‧koop

Noun

beeldjeskoop m (plural beeldjeskopen)

(dated, chiefly singular) a street salesman of statuary [late 18th–early 20th c.]

References

^ Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “beeldjeskoop”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001

[1] Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “beeldjeskoop”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001

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