Streichbein
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Etymology
Noun
Streichbein n (strong, genitive Streichbeines or Streichbeins, plural Streichbeine)
- folding-bone, folding-stick, bone folder
- Synonyms: Falzbein, Briefstreicher, Papierstreicher
- (obsolete) match to make fire
- Synonym: Streichholz (see it for more)
- 1959, Publikationsstelle des Bundesministerium für Gesamtdeutsche Fragen, editor, 2 x 2. Die Geschichte einer Gruppe junger Menschen in der Sowjetzone Deutschlands, page 31:
- Es war Thomas’ Art, eine Zigarette aus der Tasche zu ziehen, ehe er sein Urteil abgab. „Gebt mir mal ein Streichbein“, sagte er dann und ließ sich in dem tiefsten Sessel nieder.
- It was Thomas’ wont to pull out a fag out of his pocket before exerting his judgment. “Give me a match, would you”, he said under such circumstances and lowered himself in the deepest of the armchairs.
Declension
Declension of Streichbein [neuter, strong]
1Now rare, see notes.
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