kalike
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
As a dancer, they are a kalike! (Rosten)
Languages of Origin
- Yiddish
Etymology
קאַליקע kalike 'cripple'
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
- Russian: Jews with recent Russian-speaking ancestry in Russia
- Great Britain
- 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).
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Alternative Spellings
kolike, kalyike, kolyike, kalika, kolika, kalyika, kolyika, kalikeh, kolikeh, kalyikeh, kolyikeh, kalikah, kolikah, kalyikah, kolyikah
Notes
to rhyme with 'doll yucca'
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