shmek tabik

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Definitions

  • n. A pinch of snuff.

  • n. Something of little value.

Example Sentences

  • "Broken, Reb Moshe went over to Reb Zalman and asked him for a bit of snuff with which to refresh himself. 'A shmek tabik?' Reb Zalman exclaimed. 'You haven't got anything better to ask of me before Yom Kippur than a shmek tabik?'" (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • שמעק טאַביק shmek tabik 

      • 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

      shmek-abik, shmeck-abick, shmeck abick, shmeck abik, shmeck-abik, shmek-abick, shmek abick, shmek-tabac, shmeck-tabac, shmek tabac, shmeck tabac

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