shvitser

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Pronunciations

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Definitions

  • n. One who sweats a lot.

  • n. A braggart.

  • n. An aggressive, pushy person.

  • n. A hard worker.

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Example Sentences

  • "Sir Samuel reminded me he knows the Mayor personally and that he'll be at the Senators private party next week. The week afterwards he golfs with his Congressman. What a Shvitzer!" (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • שװיצער shvitser

      • 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

      shvitzer, schvitser, schvitzer

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