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Dutch
Etymology
Compound of as + beer.
Pronunciation
Noun
asbeer m (plural asberen, diminutive asbeertje n)
- (obsolete) person who was employed to empty latrines and remove refuse at night
- 1750, "Nieuwejaars zang", in Apollo's nieuwe-jaars-gift aan het bekoorlyke Hollandsche jufferschap, Hendrik Walpot (publ.), page 78.
2. Den Asbeer, den Asbeer / Gelykent puur een Heer, / Soo deftig ſtaat zyn weſen, / Hy maekt een droevig compliment, / En geeft u dan een oortjes prent, / Daer kunje 't breeder lezen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)