shutef

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Definitions

  • n. A partner, associate.

Example Sentences

  • "i cant get in to all the details but it seems like there is a few people involved and the guy in eretz yisroel that was cashing the checks was caught and arrested but he is refusing to give the name of his 'shutef' even though it means jail for him because he is afraid for his life" (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y שותּף shutef

      • 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

      schutef

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