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noun
1.
a dab, as of cream cheese, spread on a roll, bagel, or the like.
2.
a number of related things, ideas, etc., resulting in a unified appearance, attitude, plan, or the like (usually used in the phrase the whole schmear).
3.
a bribe.
verb (used with object)
4.
to spread; smear: Schmear it on the bread.
5.
to bribe.
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Schmear
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Origin:
1960–65; apparently < Yiddish shmirn to smear, grease; compare Middle High German smirwen (German schmieren); see smear
1960–65; apparently < Yiddish shmirn to smear, grease; compare Middle High German smirwen (German schmieren); see smear
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schmear
1961, "bribery," from Yiddish shmir "spread," from shmirn "to grease, smear," from M.H.G. smiren, from O.H.G. smirwen "to smear" (see smear (v.); cf. slang to grease (someone's) palm "to bribe"). Phrase the whole schmear "the entire affair" is attested from 1969, originally show business jargon,
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