kuin kuppa Töölöstä in Finnish

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Etymology: kuin (“like”) kuppa (“syphilis”) Töölöstä ("from Töölö, a neighbourhood in downtown Helsinki"); coined in 1910's, allegedly refers to the removal of a venereal hospital from Töölö to another part of town https://web.archive.org/web/20110828025045/http://www.tarinoidenhelsinki.fi/kysymys/hei-mista-tulee-sanonta-lahtee-kuin-ku Etymology templates: {{m|fi|kuin||like}} kuin (“like”), {{m|fi|kuppa||syphilis}} kuppa (“syphilis”), {{m|fi||Töölö}} Töölö, {{m|fi||Töölö}} Töölö Head templates: {{head|fi|phrase|head=kuin kuppa Töölöstä}} kuin kuppa Töölöstä

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"kuin kuppa Töölöstä" meaning in Finnish

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