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Mursmäcka

Mursmäcka is a Swedish word for a small hammer-like tool that is used to break off small pieces of a brick or concrete wall. Imagine you have a block of Lego bricks that you want to take apart. You could use your hands to pull them apart, but sometimes the blocks are stuck together really tightly. That's when you might need a mursmäcka!

The mursmäcka is like a very small little hammer that you can use to tap on the Lego blocks to break them apart. Except with brick walls, you don't tap on the wall itself, you tap on a part of the brick that sticks out just a little bit. This makes the brick break away from the rest of the wall.

It might be hard work to break away a whole brick, but with a mursmäcka, you can chip away at it little by little. The mursmäcka is also very useful if you need to make a hole in a brick or concrete wall. You can use it to tap away the brick or concrete until you have a nice little hole.

So, in summary: A mursmäcka is like a little hammer that you use to break off small pieces of a brick or concrete wall. It's great for taking apart Legos or making little holes in walls!
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