ענגלישע צין

Yiddish

Etymology

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Noun

ענגלישע צין • (englishe tsin) n

  1. pewter

Derived terms
  • פֿון ענגלישן צין (fun englishn tsin, “pewter (adj.)”)

References
  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “pewter”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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