schmatten.

Brit.

/ˈʃmɑːtə/, U.S.

/ˈʃmɑtə/,

/ˈʃmɑdə/

Forms: 1900s– schmattah, 1900s– schmatte, 1900s– schmotta, 1900s– schmottah, 1900s– schmutter Brit.

/ˈʃmʌtə/, U.S.

/ˈʃmətər/,

/ˈʃmədər/, 1900s– shmatte, 1900s– shmatty, 1900s– shmotte, 1900s– shmuter, 1900s– shmutter.

Origin: A borrowing from Yiddish. Etymon: Yiddish shmate.

Etymology: < Yiddish shmate rag, (in extended use) anything worthless < Polish szmata rag (compare also szmat piece); further etymology uncertain.

colloquial (originally and chiefly in Jewish usage).

1. A piece of cloth, esp. one of inferior quality; a rag. Also more generally: a garment; (as a mass noun) clothing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun]

clothesc888

hattersOE

shroudc1000

weedOE

shrouda1122

clothc1175

hatteringa1200

atourc1220

back-clout?c1225

habit?c1225

clothingc1275

cleadinga1300

dubbinga1300

shroudinga1300

attirec1300

coverturec1300

suitc1325

apparel1330

buskingc1330

farec1330

harness1340

tire1340

backs1341

geara1350

apparelmentc1374

attiringa1375

vesturec1385

heelinga1387

vestmentc1386

arraya1400

graitha1400

livery1399

tirementa1400

warnementa1400

arrayment1400

parelc1400

werlec1400

raiment?a1425

robinga1450

rayc1450

implements1454

willokc1460

habiliment1470

emparelc1475

atourement1481

indumenta1513

reparel1521

wearing gear1542

revesture1548

claesc1550

case1559

attirement1566

furniture1566

investuring1566

apparelling1567

dud1567

hilback1573

wear1576

dress1586

enfolding1586

caparison1589

plight1590

address1592

ward-ware1598

garnish1600

investments1600

ditement1603

dressing1603

waith1603

thing1605

vestry1606

garb1608

outwall1608

accoutrementa1610

wearing apparel1617

coutrement1621

vestament1632

vestiment1637

equipage1645

cask1646

aguise1647

back-timbera1656

investiture1660

rigging1664

drapery1686

vest1694

plumage1707

bussingc1712

hull1718

paraphernalia1736

togs1779

body clothing1802

slough1808

toggery1812

traps1813

garniture1827

body-clothes1828

garmenture1832

costume1838

fig1839

outfit1840

vestiture1841

outer womana1845

outward man1846

vestiary1846

rag1855

drag1870

clo'1874

parapherna1876

clobber1879

threads1926

mocker1939

schmatte1959

vine1959

kit1989

1931 K. Bercovici Manhattan Side-show xix. 340 Neckwear was his specialty. He could take a plain ordinary schmatte, a piece of rag, a nutting, twist it on two fingers, and give it a name—and the buyer became loony and gave an order.

1959 C. MacInnes Absolute Beginners 138 Coming down the steps, wearing some very fancy schmutter: mauve, button-two tuxedo, laced shirt, varnished pumps with bows, and, on his arm, a nameless dame.

1969 Lit. Rev. Summer 440 ‘How much do you want for this shmotta?’ she asked, holding up a length of corduroy.

1972 H. Kemelman Monday Rabbi took Off xxii. 144 I mean when they wear those checkered shmattes around their heads, then they're Arabs. Right?

1977 New Yorker 24 Oct. 39/2 A young woman, pale, in a Victorian schmotta.

2004 New Yorker 31 May 14/3 The costumes are thrown together, mere schmattes.

2. figurative. Rubbish; a piece of rubbish.

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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > worthless

chaffc1386

noughta1400

noughtinga1500

trifle?a1500

undought1508

wallydraigle?a1513

jackstraw1565

oatmeal-groat1594

trasha1616

Jack-of-strawa1625

little worth1823

wanworth1832

shicer1846

nowt1847

no good1871

two-spot1885

cannon fodder1917

crumb1918

no-gooder1936

nogoodnik1936

schmatte1967

1967 G. Sims Last Best Friend xiii. 114 They said it was like Buck House but it was a right load of old schmutter! You see, everyone's an antique dealer today.

1970 L. M. Feinsilver Taste of Yiddish ii. 121 A 1969 sale catalog of the Ktav Publishing Company, New York book dealers, listed Philip Roth's licentious novel Portnoy's Complaint with the comment: ‘A shmatte.’

2001 Independent 11 July ii. 7/1 This is Disney history. Utter schmutter. Naffness so authentic, it circumvents kitsch and heads straight for the bungalow. But I love it.

Compounds

General attributive, designating a firm, a merchant, the industry, etc., involved in the manufacture or sale of clothing, as schmatte business, schmatte trade, etc.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [adjective]

vestiary1622

vestimentary1803

vestural1834

habilimental1837

habilimentary1845

vestimental1849

vestmental1849

clothing1850

vestiarian1854

schmatte1962

1962 F. Norman Guntz i. 9 There ain't all that many birds who are loaded in the shmuter trade.

1965 New Statesman 30 July 152/2 Jews..may prefer their son to go into the family schmutter business.

1972 Bookseller 27 May 2358/1 Several dresses (at trade terms) were bought for Mrs. Wolfe..from small shmutter merchants.

2008 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 9 Apr. (Final ed.) (News section) a1 My mother was a bookkeeper in the schmatte business.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	schmatte
释义	schmatten. Brit. /ˈʃmɑːtə/, U.S. /ˈʃmɑtə/, /ˈʃmɑdə/ Forms: 1900s– schmattah, 1900s– schmatte, 1900s– schmotta, 1900s– schmottah, 1900s– schmutter Brit. /ˈʃmʌtə/, U.S. /ˈʃmətər/, /ˈʃmədər/, 1900s– shmatte, 1900s– shmatty, 1900s– shmotte, 1900s– shmuter, 1900s– shmutter. Origin: A borrowing from Yiddish. Etymon: Yiddish shmate. Etymology: < Yiddish shmate rag, (in extended use) anything worthless < Polish szmata rag (compare also szmat piece); further etymology uncertain. colloquial (originally and chiefly in Jewish usage). 1. A piece of cloth, esp. one of inferior quality; a rag. Also more generally: a garment; (as a mass noun) clothing. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun] clothesc888 hattersOE shroudc1000 weedOE shrouda1122 clothc1175 hatteringa1200 atourc1220 back-clout?c1225 habit?c1225 clothingc1275 cleadinga1300 dubbinga1300 shroudinga1300 attirec1300 coverturec1300 suitc1325 apparel1330 buskingc1330 farec1330 harness1340 tire1340 backs1341 geara1350 apparelmentc1374 attiringa1375 vesturec1385 heelinga1387 vestmentc1386 arraya1400 graitha1400 livery1399 tirementa1400 warnementa1400 arrayment1400 parelc1400 werlec1400 raiment?a1425 robinga1450 rayc1450 implements1454 willokc1460 habiliment1470 emparelc1475 atourement1481 indumenta1513 reparel1521 wearing gear1542 revesture1548 claesc1550 case1559 attirement1566 furniture1566 investuring1566 apparelling1567 dud1567 hilback1573 wear1576 dress1586 enfolding1586 caparison1589 plight1590 address1592 ward-ware1598 garnish1600 investments1600 ditement1603 dressing1603 waith1603 thing1605 vestry1606 garb1608 outwall1608 accoutrementa1610 wearing apparel1617 coutrement1621 vestament1632 vestiment1637 equipage1645 cask1646 aguise1647 back-timbera1656 investiture1660 rigging1664 drapery1686 vest1694 plumage1707 bussingc1712 hull1718 paraphernalia1736 togs1779 body clothing1802 slough1808 toggery1812 traps1813 garniture1827 body-clothes1828 garmenture1832 costume1838 fig1839 outfit1840 vestiture1841 outer womana1845 outward man1846 vestiary1846 rag1855 drag1870 clo'1874 parapherna1876 clobber1879 threads1926 mocker1939 schmatte1959 vine1959 kit1989 1931 K. Bercovici Manhattan Side-show xix. 340 Neckwear was his specialty. He could take a plain ordinary schmatte, a piece of rag, a nutting, twist it on two fingers, and give it a name—and the buyer became loony and gave an order. 1959 C. MacInnes Absolute Beginners 138 Coming down the steps, wearing some very fancy schmutter: mauve, button-two tuxedo, laced shirt, varnished pumps with bows, and, on his arm, a nameless dame. 1969 Lit. Rev. Summer 440 ‘How much do you want for this shmotta?’ she asked, holding up a length of corduroy. 1972 H. Kemelman Monday Rabbi took Off xxii. 144 I mean when they wear those checkered shmattes around their heads, then they're Arabs. Right? 1977 New Yorker 24 Oct. 39/2 A young woman, pale, in a Victorian schmotta. 2004 New Yorker 31 May 14/3 The costumes are thrown together, mere schmattes. 2. figurative. Rubbish; a piece of rubbish. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > worthless chaffc1386 noughta1400 noughtinga1500 trifle?a1500 undought1508 wallydraigle?a1513 jackstraw1565 oatmeal-groat1594 trasha1616 Jack-of-strawa1625 little worth1823 wanworth1832 shicer1846 nowt1847 no good1871 two-spot1885 cannon fodder1917 crumb1918 no-gooder1936 nogoodnik1936 schmatte1967 1967 G. Sims Last Best Friend xiii. 114 They said it was like Buck House but it was a right load of old schmutter! You see, everyone's an antique dealer today. 1970 L. M. Feinsilver Taste of Yiddish ii. 121 A 1969 sale catalog of the Ktav Publishing Company, New York book dealers, listed Philip Roth's licentious novel Portnoy's Complaint with the comment: ‘A shmatte.’ 2001 Independent 11 July ii. 7/1 This is Disney history. Utter schmutter. Naffness so authentic, it circumvents kitsch and heads straight for the bungalow. But I love it. Compounds General attributive, designating a firm, a merchant, the industry, etc., involved in the manufacture or sale of clothing, as schmatte business, schmatte trade, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [adjective] vestiary1622 vestimentary1803 vestural1834 habilimental1837 habilimentary1845 vestimental1849 vestmental1849 clothing1850 vestiarian1854 schmatte1962 1962 F. Norman Guntz i. 9 There ain't all that many birds who are loaded in the shmuter trade. 1965 New Statesman 30 July 152/2 Jews..may prefer their son to go into the family schmutter business. 1972 Bookseller 27 May 2358/1 Several dresses (at trade terms) were bought for Mrs. Wolfe..from small shmutter merchants. 2008 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 9 Apr. (Final ed.) (News section) a1 My mother was a bookkeeper in the schmatte business. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1931
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