yakres

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Definitions

  • n. Dearth, scarcity.

Example Sentences

  • "They had a group of ringleaders, like Leibe the tall one, Leibe the coachman, Yankel the Yakres (the dearth), Itzik Zak, and Zalman Mehler." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y יקרות yakres

      • 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).

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