knaper

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Definitions

  • adj. Slight; not much of.

Example Sentences

  • "Yedvab, who was a knaper Jew in Hebrew, had so surely felt in his Hebrew role as 'Wasserstein' in Dr. Herzl's 'the New Ghetto,' that he had always brought to resurrect." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • קנאַפּער knaper

      • 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

      knapper

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