zifts

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Definitions

  • n. A sigh.

Example Sentences

  • "And that was more a zifts, a sigh of resignation, than a precursor to conversation." (To Tell the Truth: My Life as a Foreign Correspondent by Lewis M. Simons)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • זיפֿץ zifts

      • 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

      ziftz

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