Meaning of tømmermænd | Babel Free

Definitions

1. hangover, veisalgia
   common-gender
2. indefinite plural of tømmermand
   form-of, indefinite, plural
3. an unpleasant feeling after completing a strenuous or energetic activity
   broadly, common-gender

Examples

“I England er det anderledes; de har haft Indien og Afrika, og lige nu forsinkede tømmermænd fra Jamaica, kravene om milliarder af pund som kompensation for slaveri.”

In England, it is different; they have had India and Afriica, and right now a belated hangover from Jamaica, the demands for billions of pounds as compensation for slavery.

“I Sydeuropa er de pinefulde tømmermænd efter boomårenes voldsomme overforbrug også ved at sætte ind i fodbold.”

In Southern Europe, the painful hangover after the violent over-consumption of the boom-years has also begun to make itself apparent in football.

“... og hvor utilfredsheden gav et resultat, som utvivlsomt har givet mange, der stemte på Glistrup, tømmermænd dagen efter.”

... and where the dissatisfaction yielded a result that has, no doubt, given many who voted for Glistrup a hangover the day after.

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