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Kraxn
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Bavarian
Etymology
bar sla-pro
From bar gmh krechse. See de Kraxe for more, itself influenced by the Bavarian form.
Pronunciation
bar /ˈɡ̊rɑɡ̊sn̩/
Noun
f Kraxn
pannier for one's back
de 20 May 1943 Anonymous Heinzelmännlein beim Bergbauern Illustrierter Beobachter 4 https://archive.org/details/illustrierter-beobachter-18.-jhg.-folge-20-20.5.1943/page/n3/mode/2up?view=theater (See the link above for a photograph.) So a Kraxn is nit schwar, ’s schaut lei von da Weitn so aus. Such a pannier isn’t heavy, it only looks that way from afar.
bar pejorative an old, dilapidated vehicle or device
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Derived terms
bar kraxeln uncertain