gedeyrem

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Definitions

  • n. Bowels, intestines.

Example Sentences

  • "Fed up with having to wind it, Dad took the clock to a local shop to remove the gedeyrem (the innards). The clock weights ­were gone, and in their place a nine-­volt battery had been installed. It was now a clock that worked without its works." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • געדערעם gederem

      • 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

      gedayrem, gederem

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