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schlep

  [shlep] verb, schlepped, schlep⋅ping, noun Slang.
–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.
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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
schlep [ʃlɛp]

and shlep
  1. tv.
    to drag or carry someone or something. (From German schleppen via Yiddish.) : Am I supposed to schlep this whole thing all the way back to the store?
  2. n.
    a journey; a distance to travel or carry something. : It takes about twenty minutes to make the schlep from here to there.
  3. n.
    a stupid person; a bothersome person. (Literally, a drag.) : Ask that shlep to wait in the hall until I am free. I'll sneak out the back way.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

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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