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The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
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ai-ai-ai
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aleichem shalom
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almone
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alrightnik
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alte kaker
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am ha'aretz
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aroisgevorfene gelt
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aroysgevorfn
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balaboosta
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balmelokhe
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bandit
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batlan
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bialy
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bluffer
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bris
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bulbe
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bulbenik
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bulvan
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burtshen
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Chaim Yankel
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chalesh
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chaloshes
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chametzdik
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Chelm
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chepper
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donstairsiker
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dopes
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draykop
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dybbuk
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eppes
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eydlkayt
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farbissiner
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farchadat
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farshtunken
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fayfer
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feh
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feigele
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fin
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folks-mentsh
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fonfer
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frosk
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Galitzianer
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gazlan
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gelt
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geshmat
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gevald
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glitch
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goldene medina
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golem
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Gott
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gottenyu
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goyish
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goyishe kop
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grizhen
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grob
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grobyon
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hak mir nisht keyn tshaynik
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halevai
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hamentaschen
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hazarai
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hoo-ha
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Hotseplots
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in mitn drinen
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in mitske drinen
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kaddishl
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kalike
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kaptsn
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kashe
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keinehora
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kholyere
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kishka
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klop
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knaidel
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knaker
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knipl
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kochleffel
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krekhts
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krenk
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krikh arayn in di beyner
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kugel
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Kuni Leml
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kurveh
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kvell
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kvetch
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kvetchen zich
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kvitsh
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l'havdil
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