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Definition of Shlemiel
1. Noun. (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler.
Definition of Shlemiel
1. Noun. An alternative spelling of '''schlemiel'''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shlemiel
1. an unlucky bungler [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shlemiel
Literary usage of Shlemiel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Jewish Year Book by American Jewish Committee, Jewish Publication Society of America (1914)
"... ne'er-do-well (shlemiel) became synonymous in the Jewish vernacular. The method
of instruction was primitive, and the hygienic conditions in the school ..."
2. Classified Catalog of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. 1902-1906 by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (1908)
"... shlemiel.—A sinner in Israel. —Nittel-nacht.—A judgment of Solomon.—A Goy in
the good place. ..."
3. Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 1902-1906 by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (1908)
"... shlemiel.—A sinner in Israel. —Nittel-nacht.—Л judgment of Solomon.—A Goy in
the good place. ..."
4. Isaac Mayer Wise: The Founder of American Judaism; a Biography by Max Benjamin May, Max Benjamin May, 1866- (1916)
"... I send you a duplicate of my photograph, one for you and one for Mrs.
Hannah Meyer, to show you what a shlemiel I have become in the last ten years, ..."
5. Isaac Mayer Wise: The Founder of American Judaism; a Biography by Max Benjamin May, Max Benjamin May, 1866- (1916)
"... I send you a duplicate of my photograph, one for you and one for Mrs.
Hannah Meyer, to show you what a shlemiel I have become in the last ten years, ..."
6. Scrolls: Essays on Jewish History and Literature, and Kindred Subjects by Gotthard Deutsch (1917)
"... hop at the three "Kadosh," when he means the end of the Shemoneh Esreh ("Ausgehen");
he says that shlemiel was killed by Phineas, instead of Zimri, ..."
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