nokhshleper

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Definitions

  • n. A follower, hanger-on.

  • n. A dependant.

Example Sentences

  • “A Hollywood actor can’t take a walk without at least one nokhshleper.” (NJY)

  • “A successful man’s family always provides him with at least one nokhshleper.” (NJY)

  • "Is Ivanka Trump, as Brian Leiter suggests, the 'nokhshlepper' of the Trump clan, someone who attaches herself to a crowd where she isn't wanted, and perhaps in sublime ignorance of the fact that she is not wanted?" (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • נאָכשלעפּער nokhshleper

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      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

      nochshleper, nokhshlepper, nochshlepper, nukhshleper, nuchshleper, nukhshlepper, nuchshlepper

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