skrobanka

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Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From skrobać (to scrape) +‎ -anka, due to curettage being the preferred method in the communist period, when abortion in Poland was legal on demand.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /skrɔˈbaŋ.ka/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aŋka
  • Syllabification: skro‧ban‧ka

Noun[edit]

skrobanka f

  1. (colloquial, usually derogatory) abortion

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • skrobanka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • skrobanka in Polish dictionaries at PWN