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Schusterjunge

Schusterjunge

German

Noun

Schusterjunge m (genitive Schusterjungen, plural Schusterjungen)

  1. A cobbler's son, a shoemaker's son.
  2. A cobbler's apprentice, a shoemaker's apprentice.
  3. (Berlin dialect) A rye bread roll, rye roll, rye bun
  4. (typography) An orphan, an orphaned word, an orphaned line.
  5. A special, traditional costume worn at the Cologne Carnival (German: Kölner Karneval).

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Coordinate terms

  • (typesetting): Huenkind (widow, widowed word, widowed line)