˜yĐÄvlog

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schmatte

or ˛őłółž˛šłŮ¡łŮąđ

[ shmah-tuh ]

noun

Slang.
  1. an old ragged garment; tattered article of clothing.
  2. any garment.
  3. a rag.


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˜yĐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of schmatte1

An Americanism dating back to 1965–70; from Yiddish shmate “rag,” from Polish szmata
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Example Sentences

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All of them worked in the fashion business – or “schmatte” trade, to use the Yiddish term.

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He celebrates his impending freedom from the federal government in college-professor schmatte—glasses and a Cornell sweatshirt—while watching the speech, only to see the signal cut out.

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Welcome to the land of the Silicon Schmatte.

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When she finally decides to go glamorous, rejecting the schmatte headquarters has given her in favor of sleek eveningwear, it feels like a victory, for McCarthy and Susan both.

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“If Blanche DuBois took stock and said, ‘This is where it’s at, and I’m going to get rid of these schmatte clothes and get me a nice pants suit, and look smart here, with a pocketbook and a hat’—she would have been all right.”

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