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单词 schlemiel
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schlemiel

or schle·mihl, shle·miel

[ shluh-meel ]
/ ʃləˈmil /
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noun Slang.

an awkward and unlucky person for whom things never turn out right.

Origin of schlemiel

1890–95; <Yiddish shlemil<Hebrew shəlumīʾēl Shelumiel, a Biblical and Talmudic figure

Words nearby schlemiel

Schlatter-Osgood disease, Schlegel, Schleicher, Schleiden, Schleiermacher, schlemiel, Schlemm's canal, schlep, schleppy, Schlesien, Schlesinger
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Example sentences from the Web for schlemiel

  • The song ends up a hit, and the schlemiel has done it again.

    Fact Vs. Fiction in ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’: The Real Story of Folk is Far Less Dejected Than the Movie|Jimmy So|December 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
  • Do you call an ineffectual, hapless person a schlemiel, a shlemel, a shlemyel, or a schlemeyel?

    Mazel Tov, Arvind! But Are You Sure It’s Not Kneydl?|Daniel Gross|May 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
  • Based on the leaked reports, he said, “a schlemiel could have done this.”

    New Clue in Chasen Murder|A. L. Bardach|December 6, 2010|DAILY BEAST
  • Ever since Gifkin leaves us, y'understand, we got in our cutting room one Schlemiel after another.

    Elkan Lubliner, American|Montague Glass

British Dictionary definitions for schlemiel

schlemiel

schlemihl or shlemiel

/ (ʃləˈmiːl) /

noun

US slang an awkward or unlucky person whose endeavours usually fail

Word Origin for schlemiel

Yiddish, from German, after the hero of a novel by Chamisso (1781–1838)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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