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"Settjepipa" (-)

(with) definite article: Settjepipan
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metaphores

Identical types: 20

Dalarna: By [NW of Leknäs]; Used metaphorically for "one who loiters and dawdles during work and chores" (En som sölar och såsar i arbete och sysslor); NB: ➺ homonym (bagpipe [synonym of Säckpipa]).

Sources

Allmo, Per-Ulf: Säckpipan i norden: från änglars musik till djävulens blåsbälg (Bagpipes in the nordic countries [From music of the angels to the devil’s bellows]). Stockholm, 1990, p.37.