klarskinn
Appearance
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]klar + skinn, used since 1856.
Noun
[edit]klarskinn n
- a small piece of dried fish-skin used for clearing boiled coffee[1]
- Ty en sannskyldig kaffekäring försakar hellre nådamedlen än klarskinn till kaffet.
- For a true coffee lady would rather forsake the sacraments than the clearing skin for her coffee.
Declension
[edit]nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | klarskinn | klarskinns |
definite | klarskinnet | klarskinnets | |
plural | indefinite | klarskinn | klarskinns |
definite | klarskinnen | klarskinnens |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Boiled coffee, Farmer's Cookbook (1918)