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Yiddish
Etymology
Spanish cuenta (“bill, check”) + ־ניק (-nik).
Pronunciation
Noun
קווענטעניק • (kventenik) m, plural קווענטעניקעס (kventenikes)
- (Argentina, Uruguay) a cuentenik, a peddler selling on credit
References
- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “קווענטעניק”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN