smetene

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Definitions

  • n. (Sour) cream.

  • n. The cream of the crop; the best.

Example Sentences

  • "We all ate from the same plate in Mezritch, but the Litvak [the Alter Rebbe] took the smetene [the fattiest portion]." (source)

  • "The lecture is quite fascinating in and of itself, in its entirety, but the smetene, if you will, starts at about 1 hour 14, when the discussion starts about Kfar Chassidim in the Holy Land, and the Yabloner Rebbe." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • סמעטענע smetene

      • 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

      smeteneh

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