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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Schuhwichse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʂu.vaks/
- Rhymes: -uvaks
- Syllabification: szu‧waks
Noun
szuwaks m inan
- (dated) black shoe polish
- Synonym: szwarc
- Hypernym: pasta
- (dated) black dye for moustache or hair
- Hypernym: farba
- (organic chemistry, slang) amphetamine
- Synonyms: amfa, (colloquial) amfetamina, (colloquial) biel, (colloquial) szur
- (slang) marijuana, weed
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marihuana
- (derogatory, ethnic slur) coon, nigger, tar baby
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:czarnuch
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Further reading
- szuwaks in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- szuwaks in Polish dictionaries at PWN