shmaltsgrub

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Definitions

  • n. A gold mine, jackpot.

Example Sentences

  • "Goldele is a lovely orphan who hails from an impoverished background, but falls into the proverbial shmaltsgrub (i.e., Yiddish for 'pit of chicken fat,' but loosely translated to connote, 'strike it rich'), when she suddenly receives a large family inheritance." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • שמאַלצגרוב shmaltsgrub, lit. 'a mine of chicken fat'

      • 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

      shmaltzgrub, shmaltsgrob, shmaltzgrob

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