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Czech
Pronunciation
Adjective
švorc (indeclinable)
- (informal) broke (lacking money)
- Synonyms: na mizině, švorcový
Further reading
- “švorc”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “švorc”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from German schwarz; through association with Schwarzarbeit (“illicit/undocumented work”) and once held stigma that those who needed to work illegally on the side (i.e. moonlight) were in arrears.
Adjective
švȍrc (Cyrillic spelling шво̏рц)
- broke (lacking money at the moment or poor in general)