shnit

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Definitions

  • n. Style, mode.

Example Sentences

  • “Some out-of-towners have a distaste for the bochrim with that New York shnit.” (Weiser)

  • "The boy had to be just this shnit and have had to be from just that yeshiva." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • שניט shnit

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).

      Alternative Spellings

      schnit

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