zelba

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Definitions

  • adj. Usual, same.

Example Sentences

  • “However they cook it, it's the zelba cut-rate meat.” (Weiser)

  • "L’choira I'm maskim they could use a politically correct word, but l'maisa I don't see tziddkus in using punkt one word or another word that means the zelbe zach and has the same teitch, tachlis the ikur is what they're saying and not the shprach." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • זעלבער zelber

      • 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

      zelbe, zelber

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