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schlemiel
[ shluh-meel ]
noun
- an awkward and unlucky person for whom things never turn out right.
schlemiel
/ ʃləˈmiːl /
noun
- slang.an awkward or unlucky person whose endeavours usually fail
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Origin of schlemiel1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of schlemiel1
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Example Sentences
The song ends up a hit, and the schlemiel has done it again.
Do you call an ineffectual, hapless person a schlemiel, a shlemel, a shlemyel, or a schlemeyel?
Then comes the requisite sitcom schlemiel-like ER visit with a doctor and some drops and some close-ups.
Based on the leaked reports, he said, “a schlemiel could have done this.”
Ever since Gifkin leaves us, y'understand, we got in our cutting room one Schlemiel after another.
A dirty schlemiel of a greenhorn like him should talk French!
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