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schmat⋅te

  [shmah-tuh]
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–noun Slang.
1. an old ragged garment; tattered article of clothing.
2. any garment.
Also, shmatte.

Origin:
1965–70, Americanism; < Yiddish shmate rag < Pol szmata
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schmat·te   (shmä'tə)   
n.  

  1. A rag.

  2. An old or ragged garment.


[Yiddish shmate, from Polish szmata.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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