skhoyre

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Definitions

  • n. Merchandise, goods.

Example Sentences

  • "'Too tall, too thin and too educated,' he said. I was not good enough skhoyre—merchandise—for his clientele." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y סחורה skhoyre

      • 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

      schoyre, skhoyreh, schoyreh, skhoire, skhoireh, schoireh, schoire

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