"brifka" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Latin breve",
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  "etymology_text": "Yiddish בריווקע (brivke, “little letter”), a diminutive of Yiddish בריוו (briv), meaning a (postal) letter. Brifka is thus a \"little letter\". In turn derived from Old High German briaf, which is borrowed from Latin breve, a neuter form of Latin brevis (“short”). Cognates include Middle Dutch, Middle High German brief, and Dutch brief, Old Norse bréf, Old Saxon brēf (all of them borrowed from Latin) and English brief.",
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          "ref": "2014, Echo Freer, Diamond Geezers",
          "text": "With a pair of tweezers, he removed a dazzling rose-coloured crystal from the brifka",
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        "a small folding envelope used for keeping diamonds or other gemstones in"
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        "by extension a gem envelope including its contents"
      ],
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    "Etymological Dictionary of the German Language",
    "de:Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache"
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        }
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        "a small folding envelope used for keeping diamonds or other gemstones in"
      ],
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        ],
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        ]
      ],
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        "uncountable"
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      ],
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        "uncountable"
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