Etymology

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Today it means: A hooded seal. Full definition →

Dutch klapmuts
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The story

  1. Dutch · borrowed fromklapmuts
  2. Dutch · borrowed fromklapmuts
  3. English todayclapmatch

Borrowed from Dutch klapmuts (“hooded seal, hat with ear-flaps”).

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.