zijn snor drukken

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Dutch

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Etymology

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A variation on zich drukken (to shirk), in which the reflexive pronoun is replaced by “zijn snor” (“his moustache”), used metonymically for the shirking person.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /zɛi̯n ˈsnɔr drʏkə(n)/

Verb

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zijn snor drukken

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) to shirk
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) to abscond; to slip away

Conjugation

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