Mining
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Prague 1, day 141: Havířská
Originally published on X on 12 February 2024. A havíř is a ‘coal miner’, or, in ‘I didn’t realise that was a specifically British word’ news, a ‘collier’. It’s actually a borrowing from the German Hauer, which is also how we get the English profession name, and surname, ‘hewer’. This house, at number 2, is Continue reading