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Swedish
Etymology
From heder (“honor”) + -s- + knyffel, used since 1834. The word knyffel possibly originates from karnyffel/karnibel/karnobel (“a mean person”), from Danish karniffel and German Karnüffel, a card game and the jack in a deck of cards.
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- (dated, humorous) a jolly good fellow, a regular trump, a really nice person
Hör nu, hedersknyfflar, vi äro f.n. i en svår klämma.- Listen now, my dear friends, we are currently in a very dire situation.
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