An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/zwacken

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
zwacken
Friedrich Kluge2508810An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z — zwacken1891John Francis Davis

zwacken, vb., ‘to pinch, tease, cheat,’ from MidHG. zwacken, ‘to pluck, tug’; a graded form of zwicken.