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malmhund

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Compound of malm (“ore”) +‎ hund (“dog”). First attested in 1880[1]

Noun

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malmhund c

  1. (mining) a minecart
    • 1955 December 29, Arbetaren‎[1], page 5:
      Därifrån tappas sedan malmen i malmhundarna och fraktas upp i dagen. […] Då malmhundarna kommit upp i laven tippar de automatiskt ur
      From there, the ore is then loaded into minecarts and transported to the surface. […] When the minecarts reach the headframe, they automatically tip out.
    • 2021 June 12, Nerikes Allehanda‎[2], page 9:
      Från Gränshyttefältets gruvor, gruvarbetare i malmhund på nedfärd i Gullblankagruvan.
      From the mines of Gränshyttefältet, miners in an minecart descending into the Gullblanka mine.

Declension

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Declension of malmhund
nominative genitive
singular indefinite malmhund malmhunds
definite malmhunden malmhundens
plural indefinite malmhundar malmhundars
definite malmhundarna malmhundarnas

References

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  1. ^ malmhund in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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