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Swedish
Etymology
Compound of fjärs + man (“man”), clipping of fjärdingsman.
Noun
fjärsman c
- (dated, colloquial, before c. 1950) a fjärdingsman
1912, Albert Engström, Kryss och landkänning:Nää, fjärsman lelle, ja har inte sit te nån Calle. Ä dä nôen aen sum har sett te Calle Stolpe?- Noo, fjärsman li'll, ay h've not s'n an' Calle. H've en'one els' see Calle Stolpe?
- (dated, colloquial, after c. 1950) a police
- Synonym: polis
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