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propp

“propp” is a Swedish word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a plug for stopping a hole (to prevent some liquid from passing through it, e.g. for a sink)
  2. a plug or clot or clog blocking flow, e.g. an ice plug, a blood clot, or in a clogged pipe
  3. a fuse for preventing overcurrent, typically a DIAZED fuse with a screw-in porcelain fuse holder
  4. a punch

Etymology

From Middle Low German propp (“support (for vines)”), of uncertain origin, perhaps borrowed from Latin propago (“to extend, propagate”).

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