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Swedish
Etymology
torp + -are
Noun
torpare c
- (historical) a crofter (person to whom a torp is rented)
- an owner of a small holiday cottage in the countryside, often along with a piece of land used for domestic agriculture
- 1948, Gunde Johansson, Torparvisa (song lyrics)
För ja ä tôrpare ja å ja har dä så bra. Ja ligger på sôffa för så ska dä va. [dialectal, normalized: För jag är torpare jag, och jag har det så bra. Jag ligger på soffan för så ska det vara.]- Cause I'm a cottage man, I, and I'm doing so fine. I lie on the couch cause that's how it's supposed to be.
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