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Schwuchtel — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bender noun A prolonged period of heavy drinking.
  • fruit noun The seed-bearing part of a plant, often sweet and eaten as food, such as an apple or orange.
  • fruitcake noun A dense cake made with dried fruit, nuts, and spices, often served at Christmas or weddings.

Senses

Schwuchtel is used for these senses in English:

  • bender (chiefly, UK, slang, derogatory) A homosexual man.
  • fruit (dated, colloquial, derogatory) A homosexual man; (derogatory, figurative) an effeminate man. [from 1900]
  • fruitcake (US, slang, colloquial, derogatory, dated) A homosexual male.

bender — full definition

  1. noun A prolonged period of heavy drinking.
  2. noun A tool or machine used to bend material such as pipe or metal.

fruit — full definition

  1. noun The seed-bearing part of a plant, often sweet and eaten as food, such as an apple or orange.
  2. noun A good or bad result of effort or action.
  3. verb To produce fruit.

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