schlemiels - 2 dictionary results
schle⋅miel
[shluh-meel] 
–noun Slang.
| an awkward and unlucky person for whom things never turn out right. |
Also, schle⋅mihl, shlemiel.
Origin:
1890–95; < Yiddish shlemil < Heb shəlumīʾēl Shelumiel, a Biblical and Talmudic figure
1890–95; < Yiddish shlemil < Heb shəlumīʾēl Shelumiel, a Biblical and Talmudic figure
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| schle·miel also shle·miel (shlə-mēl') n. Slang A habitual bungler; a dolt. [Yiddish shlemíl, perhaps from Hebrew šəlūmî'ēl, my well-being is God, Shelumiel (a character in the Bible, Numbers 7:36) : šəlūmî, my well-being (šālôm, well-being; see šlm in Semitic roots + -î, my) + 'ēl, God; see  l in Semitic roots.] |
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