Definitions
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- noun Alternative form of
schlep . - verb Alternative form of
schlep .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb walk or tramp about
- noun (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person
- noun a tedious or difficult journey
- verb pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance
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Examples
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Anyone interested in making a significant contribution to shlep is urged to contact David Giacalone at “shlep AT localnet dot com” [no spaces in the address].
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I gather that the self-help law movement presented in shlep aims to go beyond simply providing public access to legal information.
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Do you want to play a part? shlep needs your help: shlep is seeking co-editors to contribute regularly to its content and help guide its construction and evolution.
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However, many Yiddish words have entered mainstream English, mainly, but not exclusively, in the United States - "shlep" (to carry or drag a load), "chutzpah" (audacity), "kvetch" (to whine, complain), "nebbish" (a simpleton, a weakling) being just a few.
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However, many Yiddish words have entered mainstream English, mainly, but not exclusively, in the United States - "shlep" (to carry or drag a load), "chutzpah" (audacity), "kvetch" (to whine, complain), "nebbish" (a simpleton, a weakling) being just a few.
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You probably know more Yiddish than you think, thanks to "Seinfeld," Heeb magazine and Jewish screenwriters, who made words such as shlep, klutz, nosh, shlimazel (remember the "Laverne and Shirley" hopscotch theme song?) and shmooze household lingo.
Articles 2008
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It appears that you would rather shlep through your existence unaware, uneducated, uninformed while wearing blinders that limits your already myopic reality.
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It appears that you would rather shlep through your existence unaware, uneducated, uninformed while wearing blinders that limits your already myopic reality.
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They also have cramps and zits and have to shlep maxi pads around.
Leslie Goldman: A Letter To My 13-Year-Old Self Leslie Goldman 2010
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I guess the answer is that I must shlep into Westchester to go to Aberdeen (first rate Hong Kong Cuisine) or to Chinatown in NYC.
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