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SCHLEMIEL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bunglerplay

Synonyms:

schlemiel; shlemiel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("schlemiel" is a kind of...):

simple; simpleton (a person lacking intelligence or common sense)

Domain category:

Yiddish (a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script)

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