drapacz

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Polish

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Etymology

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From drapać +‎ -acz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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drapacz m inan

  1. (colloquial) skyscraper (tall building)
    Synonyms: drapacz chmur, wieżowiec
  2. blessed thistle (Cnicus benedictus)
  3. (archaeology) scraper (prehistoric unifacial tool thought to have been used for hideworking and woodworking)
  4. (agriculture) cultivator (device used to loosen or stir the soil)
    Synonym: kultywator
  5. (nautical) type of barless anchor consisting of a shank and four flukes
  6. (Far Masovian) broom that is scratched out from sweeping
    Synonym: drapak

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Further reading

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  • drapacz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • drapacz in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Antoni Waga (1860) “drapacz”, in “Abecadłowy spis wyrazów ludowego języka w okolicach Łomży, Wizny i przyległych”, in Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki, editor, Biblioteka Warszawska (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 751