pischoin peh
Definitions
n. Grounds, leverage.
Example Sentences
“My chavrusa's pshat left me with no pischoin peh.” (Weiser)
"Lubavitch do not consider the dishes treif, Chas ve shalom to be a pischoin
peh to malign and openly claim that thousands of yidden who are shoimrei
Torah and Mitzvahs are eating treif and are using treif keilim." (source)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
TH פתחון פה > Y פּיתחון־פּה piskhn pe
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
- North America
- Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
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Alternative Spellings
pischoyn peh, pischoyn pe, pischoin pe
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