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Swedish
Etymology
botten (“bottom”) + skrap (“"scrape", scrapings”)
Noun
bottenskrap n
- something scraped off the bottom of something
- (figuratively) the worst (remainder) of something, (the) bottom of the barrel
De mjölkar honom efter hans död genom att släppa ratat bottenskrap- They're milking him after his death by releasing scrapped bottom of the barrel stuff ("rejected bottom-scrape")
Laget ligger i bottenskrapet i rankingen på plats 73- The team is in the bottom rung of the rankings in 73rd place
- (figuratively) dregs (contemptible or worthless people, the worst people)
samhällets bottenskrap- the dregs of society
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