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Dutch
Etymology
First attested in 1976. Compound of gips (“plaster cast”) + vlucht (“flight”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɣɪps.flʏxt/
- Hyphenation: gips‧vlucht
Noun
gipsvlucht f (plural gipsvluchten, diminutive gipsvluchtje n)
- homeward flight for people who got injured (e.g. have fractures) on winter holidays
2010, Esther Verhoef, Is uw man al af?:Een deel keert horizontaal per gipsvlucht huiswaarts, want skiën en een ongeschonden skelet gaan nu eenmaal niet samen.- A portion of them go homewards horizontally with a return flight for the injured, because of course skiing and an unharmed skeleton just don't go together.