Definitions

• n. Cripple.
  

• n. Someone who is sickly.
  

• n. A clumsy person.
  

• n. A stupid ignorant man.
  

• n. An inept performer, a singer off-key, a pianist who hits the wrong notes, a waiter who spills the soup.
  

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Example Sentences

Languages of Origin

• Yiddish

Etymology

• קאַליקע kalike 'cripple'
  

Who Uses This

• Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
• Russian: Jews with recent Russian-speaking ancestry in Russia

Regions

• Great Britain

Dictionaries

• 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).

Alternative Spellings

kolike, kalyike, kolyike, kalika, kolika, kalyika, kolyika, kalikeh, kolikeh, kalyikeh, kolyikeh, kalikah, kolikah, kalyikah, kolyikah