švorc

Czech

Adjective

švorc

  1. (informal) broke (lacking money)

Synonyms

Further reading

  • švorc in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • švorc in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From German schwarz; through association with Schwarzarbeit ("illicit/undocumented work") and once held stigma that those who needed to work illegally on the side (i.e. moonlight) were in arrears.

Adjective

švȍrc (Cyrillic spelling шво̏рц)

  1. broke (lacking money at the moment or poor in general)
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