zdzierus

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Polish

Etymology

From zdzierać +‎ -us.

Pronunciation

Noun

zdzierus m pers

  1. (Near Masovian) hardass (tough person demanding the highest possible fee for everything)
    To zdzierus ksiądz. (Czersk)He's one tough priest.

Further reading

  • Władysław Matlakowski (1892) “zdzierus”, in Słownik wyrazów ludowych zebranych w Czerskiem i na Kujawach (in Polish), Kraków: nakł. Akademii Umiejętności; Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego pod zarządem A. M. Kosterkiewicza, page 20