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Kawał
Kawał is a joke you retell, with a set-up and a punchline, and often slightly crude. It also means a prank played on someone. Where dowcip is wit, kawał is the joke as an object you know by heart and repeat.
Examples in context
Znasz ten kawał o policjancie?
Do you know that joke about the policeman?
To był tylko głupi kawał, nie obrażaj się.
It was only a stupid prank, do not take offence.
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