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(Anglų k.)

(masculine, strong) basket, creel
(masculine, strong) basket, creel
(masculine, strong) basket, creel
(masculine, strong) basket, creel
(figuratively, masculine, often, strong) a variety, selection, range
(figuratively, masculine, often, strong) a variety, selection, range
(informal, masculine, strong) rebuff (rejection of a request, especially romantic, such as a proposal or asking for a date)

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Bazelio sritis

koorb

Bazelio sritis

zaine

Duomenis pateikė: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

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/kɔrp/

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In summary

From Middle High German korp, from Old High German korb, chorp, from Proto-West Germanic *korb. The sense “rejection of a (romantic) request” is formed back from the expressions einen Korb geben (“to so reject”), einen Korb kriegen (“to be so rejected”). These derive from certain older customs, which involved a bottomless basket as a symbol of the end or inexistence of love. The further origin of this symbol seems uncertain, though it has been plausibly related to the apparent mediaeval practice of pulling a secret visitor up to one’s window in a basket. Compare the same in Dutch een korf krijgen and Swedish få korgen.