skyffe
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɧʏfˌɛ/
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Noun
skyffe n
- A tiny (often simple) room, space or dwelling.
- 1864, Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Stockholmsscener bakom kulisserna, LIBRIS-ID:1295987, page 206:
- Dagen derpå skaffade jag mig hennes adress och sökte henne i hennes eget skyffe n:o . . vid Gumshornsgatan.
- The day thereafter I procured her direction and sought her in her own mean little lodging, No. . ., in Gumshorn Street.
- 1872 March 20, “En spelares ändalykt”, in Åmåls Weckoblad, page 2:
- Fyra gånger gick han från spelbordet såsom millionär; nu dog han i ett skyffe med 6 francs i fickan.
- Four times did he leave the gaming-table a millionaire; now he has died in a garret, with six francs in his pocket.
- 2010 May 30, Lina OJ, “Tapetsering”, in Lina OJ[1], archived from the original on 23 November 2023:
- I morgon bär det antagligen av till tapetbutiken igen, Maken min vill kolla efter nåt kul att sätta på väggen i hans lilla skyffe i brygghuset.
- Tomorrow we'll probably be heading off to the wallpaper shop again, My husband wants to look for something fun to put on the wall in his little den in the boathouse.
- 2013 February 8, Vicachu, “Dead Space 3”, in FZ[2], archived from the original on 14 January 2025:
- Först väntar en faktiskt imponerande och späckad upptakt där Isaac, som levt en försupen tillvaro i ett skyffe på en koloni, blir uppsökt av birollsinnehavaren och sedermera coop-vapendragaren John Carver, som söker Isaacs ex Ellie och hennes besättning.
- First comes a genuinely impressive and action-packed opening, where Isaac, who has been living a drunken existence in a hovel in a colony, is approached by supporting character and later co-op comrade-in-arms John Carver, who is looking for Isaac's ex, Ellie, and her crew.