borves

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Definitions

  • adj. Barefoot.

  • adj. Poor, by extension.

Example Sentences

  • "The patriarch, Ben-Zion, is a literal borves professor (my grandmother’s words; promising I would end up barefoot is how she tried to warn me away from academia)." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • באָרװעס borves

      • Who Uses This

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

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      borvis

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