klarskinn

Swedish

Etymology

klar +‎ skinn, used since 1856.

Noun

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

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