klarskinn

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Swedish

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Etymology

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klar +‎ skinn, used since 1856.

Noun

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klarskinn n

  1. a small piece of dried fish-skin used for clearing boiled coffee[1]
    Ty en sannskyldig kaffekäring försakar hellre nådamedlen än klarskinn till kaffet.
    For a true coffee lady would rather forsake the sacraments than the clearing skin for her coffee.

Declension

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Declension of klarskinn 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative klarskinn klarskinnet klarskinn klarskinnen
Genitive klarskinns klarskinnets klarskinns klarskinnens
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References

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  1. ^ Boiled coffee, Farmer's Cookbook (1918)