shikyingl

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Definitions

  • n. An errand boy.

Example Sentences

  • "Nevertheless, as his son remembers it, Mark was often made to feel like a 'shikyingl' (errand boy) at YIVO because he lacked a university degree." (The Archive Thief: The Man Who Salvaged French Jewish History in the Wake of the Holocaust by Lisa Moses Leff)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • שיקייִנגל shikyingl

      • 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

      shikyingel

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