dammsugare.
a vacuum cleaner, a hoover
Meaning & usage
a vacuum cleaner, a hoover
dammsuga med en dammsugare
a punsch-roll; a kind of pastry filled with cake crumbs, butter, and cocoa, flavoured with punsch liqueur, covered in marzipan and with ends coated in chocolate
Where this word comes from
From damm (“dust”) + sugare (“sucker”). Calque of German Staubsauger. Attested since 1906 according to SO. The pastry sense refers to its appearance and to the supposed practice of the pastry baker collecting crumbs and cutoffs from the day for filling. Attested at least since 1990 according to SO.
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