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  What it means

  Literally “a spoon for shoes.” The Polish word for a shoehorn — the tool used to slip your foot into a shoe without bending the heel.

  Vocabulary

  • łyżka — spoon / ladle
  • but — shoe / boot

  Grammar note

  'Do butów' uses the genitive plural of 'but' after 'do' — a spoon for shoes.

  Cultural context

  A good example of how Polish uses 'łyżka' (spoon) for various scoop-shaped tools — 'łyżka do butów', 'łyżka wazowa' (ladle), 'łyżeczka' (teaspoon).

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