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- noun pejorative, vulgar Alternative spelling of
schmuck .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Yiddish) a jerk
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Examples
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Anyways just wanted to know how we got into charts and graphs on this one Also not to glad to be called a shmuck as I am sure the rest of the average joes and janes like myself dont.
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Yet that's the kind of shmuck they put on a jury to decide on life and death.
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Yet that's the kind of shmuck they put on a jury to decide on life and death.
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The fact that a financial industry shmuck would even bring it up just proves that their brains are wired to think Obama should behave as though they purchased him. al in memphis
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And yes, we do Hanukkah too, I guess I'm just a lucky shmuck.
Meredith Fineman: I'm a Jew Who Celebrates Christmas. So What? Meredith Fineman 2011
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One thing we can know for sure - the publisher of most of the Bibles we read is a shmuck.
Paul Brandeis Raushenbush: HuffPost Religion Round-Up, July 10-17 Paul Brandeis Raushenbush 2011
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One thing we can know for sure - the publisher of most of the Bibles we read is a shmuck.
Paul Brandeis Raushenbush: HuffPost Religion Round-Up, July 10-17 Paul Brandeis Raushenbush 2011
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This poor shmuck then is made to symbolize the larger phenomenon when in fact the larger phenomenon is precisely the opposite.
House Afire Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2010
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If every shmuck and their dog is going to use this effect, I don't want it, to see or to try.
TiltShift Makes Your Photos Look Like Miniatures | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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And yes, we do Hanukkah too, I guess I'm just a lucky shmuck.
Meredith Fineman: I'm a Jew Who Celebrates Christmas. So What? Meredith Fineman 2011
anotherfailedattempt commented on the word shmuck
The best Yiddish word. :p
December 17, 2006
greenery commented on the word shmuck
note alternate spelling: schmuck
January 25, 2007