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Dutch
Etymology
From zwijntje (“bicycle; swine, pig”) + -s- + jager (“hunter”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzʋɛi̯n.tjəsˌjaː.ɣər/, ,
- Hyphenation: zwijn‧tjes‧ja‧ger
Noun
zwijntjesjager m (plural zwijntjesjagers, diminutive zwijntjesjagertje n)
- (Bargoens, Amsterdam) a bicycle thief
1957 December, “Scheiden tut Weh”, in De Kampioen, volume 72, issue 12, 371:U begrijpt het al: de fiets viel tóch in handen van een zwijntjesjager.- As you have guessed: the bicycle did fall into the hands of a bicycle thief anyway.
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