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    SHLEMIEL

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bunglerplay

    Synonyms:

    schlemiel; shlemiel

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("shlemiel" 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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