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tukiaiset — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • pap noun A soft, mushy food, especially one given to babies or the sick.

Senses

tukiaiset is used for these senses in English:

  • pap (informal, derogatory) Support from official patronage.
  • pork barrel (chiefly, US politics, often, attributively) State funds as assigned for local or regional expenditure; especially, central money used for regional projects which are eyecatching or designed to appeal to voters. [from 19th c.]

pap — full definition

  1. noun A soft, mushy food, especially one given to babies or the sick.
  2. noun Undemanding or shallow entertainment or writing; empty content.
  3. noun Informal, mainly British slang for a paparazzo photographer.
  4. verb To secretly photograph someone, usually a celebrity, without their permission.

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