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Etymology

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blend of hospitaal 'hospital' (from Latin) + pik 'dick, pecker, penis' (as crude pars pro toto for '[army] boy, man')

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Noun

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hospik m (plural hospikken, diminutive hospikje n)

  1. (military slang) A military (hospital) orderly
  2. (by extension) A medic

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Verb

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hospik

  1. inflection of hospikken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative