plugghäst

Swedish
A reading chair, plugghäst, from the 18th century.

Etymology

From plugga (“study”) +‎ häst (“horse”)

Noun

plugghäst n

  1. student or pupil that studies hard and indulge less on leisure
  2. (18th century) a type of library chair that have existed since the 12th century which you straddle turned to folding tabletop where the book is located

Declension
Declension of plugghäst 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative plugghäst plugghästen plugghästar plugghästarna
Genitive plugghästs plugghästens plugghästars plugghästarnas

Hypernyms
  • lässtol (“reading chair”)
  • läspulpet (“reading pulpet”)
  • biblioteksstol (“library chair”)
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