pisher
Pronunciations
| pisher | (PIH-sher) | listen |
Definitions
n. A young, inexperienced person.
n. A bed wetter.
n. An insignificant person.
Example Sentences
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"That little pisher has a big mouth on her."
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“He’s just a pisher." (NJY)
Languages of Origin
- Yiddish
Etymology
פּישער, lit. 'pisser'
- Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
- North America
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Australia / New Zealand
- View More
- The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
- Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow
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Alternative Spellings
pischer, little pisher, little pischer
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