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- noun Plural form of
shmoe .
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Examples
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And one of the shmoes was the guy I’m gonna send the bill to.
outfoxed Diary Entry outfoxed 2005
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Timing and Late Trading: When Eliot Spitzer was New York Attorney General and earned the handle Sheriff of Wall Street, he uncovered how hedge funds were maneuvering around trading rules like a Ferrari speeding around the hapless shmoes stuck in midtown traffic.
Les Leopold: Is Corruption on Wall Street All in the Eyes of the Beholder? Les Leopold 2011
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Dinner for Schmucks is directed by Jay Roach, who made Meet the Parents and, along with Adam McKay, Judd Apatow, and others, specializes in comedies featuring normal, nice guys — shmoes, not schmucks — who are pushed to their limits.
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Same thing ... the elite uses propaganda to get the shmoes to do what they want, and to fight their battles for them.
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To his credit, Beck does more than these two local news shmoes.
"I'm passing out." Ann Althouse 2009
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If this is anything like any of the "re-imaginings" they've been doing lately, there will be some character-defining backstories grafted onto the three guys to flesh them out, but that goes against the whole point -- the Stooges are everyman shmoes, guys that we could both identify with (who hasn't been broke or out of a job?) while at the same time reviling (nobody is that stupid) even while we're rooting for them.
The 3 Stooges movie will have the perfect Larry. Ann Althouse 2009
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It enhances the urban environment for us shmoes on a daily basis.
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Hello, shmoes, everybody wants their books sold to book clubs, and they are always sold at a "steep discount."
Eric Alterman: Right-Wingers are the Most Spoiled Whiners on the Planet 2008
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It's been pretty much the same with Warman's defamation nuisance suits, too -- typically turkey shoots against penniless shmoes who can't afford lawyers.
Free Dominion files its defence against Richard Warman's lawsuit - Ezra Levant 2008
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It's been pretty much the same with Warman's defamation nuisance suits, too -- typically turkey shoots against penniless shmoes who can't afford lawyers.
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