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The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
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'adus
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3 prokim
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9 Days
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a brokh is mir
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a dio
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a klog tsu
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a lebn af dir
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a long life
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a nechtiker tog
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a yor mit a mitvokh
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abal
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abba
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abi
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abi gezunt
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abi me lebt
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aboose
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Abraham
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acharon acharon chaviv
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achdut
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achla
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