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Please hold cup under snout (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It could be worse. In Czech, it could probably be called kohoutek - little cock/rooster (originally the term describes the round thing you turn to open the valve, but it is sometimes used for the whole water tap assembly).

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Similar in Danish.

Cock/rooster: Hane

Tap: Hane

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I think that is an old word for it in English, but not used much anymore afaik

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