pust un pas

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Definitions

  • adj. Idle, loafing.

Example Sentences

  • "He was very pust un pas, lying on the couch all day."

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • פּוסט־און־פּאַס pust-un-pas

      • 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).

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