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Swedish
Etymology
By surface analysis, buk (“belly”) + svåger (“brother-in-law”). Compare Danish hulbror, Norwegian Bokmål buksvoger, Icelandic kviðmágur.
Noun
buksvåger c
- (colloquial) an Eskimo brother (of some other man)
De är buksvågrar- They are Eskimo brothers
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