toimia kuin junan vessa in Finnish

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Etymology: Literally, “to work like a train's toilet”; toilets in many old trains simply dumped the waste on the tracks. Etymology templates: {{m-g|to work like a train's toilet}} “to work like a train's toilet”, {{lit|to work like a train's toilet}} Literally, “to work like a train's toilet” Head templates: {{head|fi|verb|cat2=|cat3=|head=toimia kuin junan vessa|sort=}} toimia kuin junan vessa, {{fi-verb|head=toimia kuin junan vessa}} toimia kuin junan vessa, {{tlb|fi|informal}} (informal)

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"toimia kuin junan vessa" meaning in Finnish

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