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bracka

“bracka” is a Swedish word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. philistine (narrow-minded person)

Etymology

From older bracka (“pants”), from Latin bracca, from brāca (“trousers; breeches”). Shift in meaning likely due to a contraction of old noun skinnbracka, originally meaning "leather pants", but used figuratively to describe those with tacky clothing.

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