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  What it means

  Literally “to churn ice cream.” Means to scheme, to run a shady operation, to be up to something dodgy — “to be cooking something up,” “to run a racket.”

  Vocabulary

  • kręcić — to spin, to turn, to churn
  • lody — ice cream (plural of lód)

  Grammar note

  'Lody' is accusative plural — direct object of 'kręcić'.

  Cultural context

  The image of churning ice cream — something that looks innocent but involves a lot of spinning and hidden activity — became a metaphor for shady dealings.

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