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Polish
Etymology
From gwizd + -uch.
Pronunciation
Noun
gwizduch m pers
- (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) person dressed as a devil or an animal celebrating Christmas Eve by going from house to house to scare or give presents to children
- Synonyms: gwizd, gwizdor
Further reading
- Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “gwizduch”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 303
- Gustaw Pobłocki (1887) “gwizduch”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 131