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schlep

  [shlep] verb, schlepped, schlep⋅ping, noun Slang.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to carry; lug: to schlep an umbrella on a sunny day.
–verb (used without object)
2. to move slowly, awkwardly, or tediously: We schlepped from store to store all day.
–noun
3. Also, schlepper. someone or something that is tedious, slow, or awkward; drag.
Also, schlepp, shlep, shlepp.

Origin:
1920–25; < Yiddish shlepn to pull, drag, (intrans.) trudge < MHG dial. sleppen < MLG, MD slēpen; c. MHG, OHG sleifen (G schleifen); akin to slip 1 , slippery
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schlep or schlepp also shlep   (shlěp)   
v.   schlepped also shlepped, schlep·ping or schlepp·ing also shlep·ping, schleps or schlepps also shleps

v.   tr.
To carry clumsily or with difficulty; lug: schlepped a shopping bag around town.
v.   intr.
To move slowly or laboriously: schlepped around with the twins in a stroller.
n.  
  1. An arduous journey.
  2. A clumsy or stupid person.

[Yiddish shlepn, to drag, pull, from Middle Low German slēpen; see lei- in Indo-European roots.]
schlep'per, schlepp'er, shlep'per n.
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schlep  (v.)
"to carry or drag," 1922 (in Joyce's "Ulysses"), from Yiddish shlepen "to drag," from M.H.G. sleppen, related to O.H.G. sleifen "to drag," and slifan "to slide, slip" (cf. M.E. slippen; see slip (v.)). The noun meaning "stupid person, loser" is from 1939, short for schlepper "person of little worth" (1934), from schlep (v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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