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Polish
Etymology
From skrobać (“to scrape”) + -anka, due to curettage being the preferred method in the communist period, when abortion in Poland was legal on demand.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skrɔˈban.ka/
- Rhymes: -anka
- Syllabification: skro‧ban‧ka
Noun
skrobanka f
- (colloquial, usually derogatory) abortion
Declension
Further reading
- skrobanka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- skrobanka in Polish dictionaries at PWN