farshlept

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Definitions

  • adj. Drawn-out, prolonged.

Example Sentences

  • "My family doesn't use regular lukshen or lukshen kugel on Rosh Hashana cuz its long and gets tangled....Don't want to have a farshlept (drawn out) or tzubbibult yahr (confusing year)" (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • פֿאַרשלעפּט farshlept

      • 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

      farshlepped, farschlep, farschlepped

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