slikekjake

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms
  • slikjekjake
  • slikjukjakji (dialectal)
  • slikjikjakji (Hallingdal dialect)

Etymology

From kjake, a jaw. The first compound is from slike, which in this case is the same as stryka (“to iron clothes”).

Noun

slikekjake f (definite singular slikekjaka, indefinite plural slikekjaker, definite plural slikekjakene)

  1. A jaw bone from a cow used for ironing clothes.

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