Raffzahn

German (Berlin)

[ˈʁafˌt͡saːn]

noun
Definitions
  • (colloquial) crooked upper incisor jut out under the upper lip
  • (slang) greedy bastard, puttock a person who is grabby, greedy, grasping, rapacious
  • (colloquial) glutton, greedyguts, greedy pig one who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess

Etymology

Compound from German raffen (snatch away, sweep off, gather up, snatch up, grasp, heap, grab) + German Zahn (tooth)inherited from Middle High German reffzan.

Origin

Middle High German

reffzan

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