schneider

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Pronunciations

schneider (SHNYE-der) listen

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Definitions

  • n. A tailor.

  • v. (in gin rummy) Winning several games before one's opponent has won any.

  • v. To shut out an opponent.

Example Sentences

  • "Sol/s Hamburg passenger list declares he was a schneider (tailor), a Granofsky family tradition." (source)

  • "Apparently the original sense was that if you were 'schneidered' in gin you were 'cut' (as if by a tailor) from contention in the game." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • שנײַדער shnayder

      • Who Uses This

      • Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements
      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Non-Jews: (words that have spread outside of Jewish networks)
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
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      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).

      Alternative Spellings

      schnayder, schneyder, schnaider, shneider, shnayder, shneyder, shnaider, schneid, schnayd, schneyd, schnaid, shneid, shnayd, shneyd, shnaid

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