klarskinn

Swedish

Etymology

klar +‎ skinn, used since 1856.

Noun

klarskinn n

  1. 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

Declension of klarskinn
nominative genitive
singular indefinite klarskinn klarskinns
definite klarskinnet klarskinnets
plural indefinite klarskinn klarskinns
definite klarskinnen klarskinnens
  • klarning

References

  1. ^ Boiled coffee, Farmer's Cookbook (1918)
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