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Thursday, April 4, 2019
SCHMATTE
SCHMATTE
(SCHMAT t
ə)
n
(Variations:
schmattah
or
schmatteh
or
shmatte
or
shmotte
) A shabby or unstylish garment:
a tired old school schmattah
--Xaviera Hollander [fr Yiddish shmatte, literally "rag"]
from
American Slang
by Robert L. Chapman
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