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  • I used to see that sort of overly fussy or ongepotchket, as we say in Yiddish thing in New Orleans all the time.

    New Orleans Does Its Best Food Yet? Josh Ozersky in Time 2010

  • I used to see that sort of overly fussy or ongepotchket, as we say in Yiddish thing in New Orleans all the time.

    New Orleans Does Its Best Food Yet? Josh Ozersky in Time 2010

  • With the same fluid motions with which he was said by Abu to serve a tennis ball and then backhand its return, Spike removed his clothing, every last ongepotchket of it.

    Skinny Legs and All Robbins, Tom 1990

  • In Ellen Cherry's opinion, the costume was ongepotchket-and old-fashioned and corny to boot.

    Skinny Legs and All Robbins, Tom 1990

  • Very girly, very-I got friends, to be honest, what would complain these shoes are ongepotchket: overdone, garish, a mish-mosh, but me I like them.

    Skinny Legs and All Robbins, Tom 1990

  • She had acquaintances (at that point in her life she really had no friends) who would complain that he was ongepotchket, if they could define or pronounce it, but the artist in her approved of sartorial excess, and the woman in her saw past it.

    Skinny Legs and All Robbins, Tom 1990

  • Then, he covered her nakedness with his ongepotchket coat and went to the kitchen to phone Abu.

    Skinny Legs and All Robbins, Tom 1990

  • I used to see that sort of overly fussy or ongepotchket, as we say in Yiddish thing in New Orleans all the time.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • I used to see that sort of overly fussy or ongepotchket, as we say in Yiddish thing in New Orleans all the time.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • I used to see that sort of overly fussy or ongepotchket, as we say in Yiddish thing in New Orleans all the time.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2010

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