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Danish
Etymology
peber (“pepper”) + svend (“bloke, guy, man”). Originally referring to a merchant-class, dealing in goods such as pepper (see Wikipedia article for more). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk peparsvein and Norwegian Bokmål peppersvenn.
Noun
pebersvend
- a bachelor over 30 years of age
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