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  What it means

  Literally “chicken feet.” The Polish term for crow’s feet — the small wrinkles that form at the corners of the eyes with age. “Crow’s feet.”

  Vocabulary

  • kurzy — chicken's (adjective)
  • łapki — little paws/feet (diminutive of łapy)

  Grammar note

  'Kurze łapki' — nominative plural. 'Kurze' agrees with 'łapki' (feminine plural).

  Cultural context

  Polish uses chicken feet where English uses crow's feet — both languages reach for bird imagery for the same wrinkles.

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