plugghäst

Swedish

Etymology

From plugga (“study”) +‎ häst (“horse”).

Noun

plugghäst c

  1. student or pupil that studies hard and indulges less on leisure; a swot
  2. (18th century) a type of library chair that has existed since the 12th century which you straddle turned to a folding tabletop where the book is located.

Declension

Declension of plugghäst
nominative genitive
singular indefinite plugghäst plugghästs
definite plugghästen plugghästens
plural indefinite plugghästar plugghästars
definite plugghästarna plugghästarnas

Hypernyms

  • lässtol (“reading chair”)
  • läspulpet (“reading pulpet”)
  • biblioteksstol (“library chair”)

See also

Further reading

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