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schmear
or schmeer
[ shmeer ]
noun
Slang.
- a dab, as of cream cheese, spread on a roll, bagel, or the like.
- a number of related things, ideas, etc., resulting in a unified appearance, attitude, plan, or the like (usually used in the phrase the whole schmear ).
- a bribe.
schmear
/ ʃɪə /
noun
- informal.a situation, matter, or affair (esp in the phrase the whole schmear )
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of schmear1
First recorded in 1930–35 schmear fordef 5, and 1955–60 schmear fordef 4; apparently from Yiddish shmirn “to smear, grease”; compare Middle High German smirwen ( German schmieren ); smear
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of schmear1
C20: from Yiddish shmirn to smear or grease
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The bread was thin and appropriately crumbly, the pate a nice thick schmear and the jalapeño provided quite a kick.
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They ferment overnight, then she boils and bakes them in the a.m. “to enjoy with Costco lox, an excessive amount of schmear and my morning coffee.”
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Rob: Oh, yeah, like fold it into cream cheese for a schmear on a bagel.
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“I think my Judaism is Sarah Silverman and a bagel with schmear.”
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Some had a thick schmear of tomato, others just a scrape of orange sauce; a few crusts had the puffy, raised edge characteristic of Neapolitan pizza, but others were flat, like Midwestern tavern pizza.
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