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Schwarzer Peter
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German
Etymology
The card game is probably de Johann Peter Petri = 1 1752 1812, nickname “Schwarzpeter”.
Noun
Schwarzer<+> Peter<m>
de card game old maid
de folklore Black Peter
de metaphorical buck, blame, responsibility, scapegoating, finger-pointing
de Schuld
de den Schwarzen Peter weitergeben to pass the buck
de er wolte mir den Schwarzen Peter zuschieben he tried to pass the buck to me
Declension
Schwarzer<+> Peter<m>
Derived terms
de den Schwarzen Peter zuschieben
Further reading
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