What is schmutter?
Yiddish slang for cloth or clothing
A slang word for cloth or clothing
[from Yiddish schmatte rag, from Polish szmata] Source
I have always envied Zoe three things: her figure, her taste and her eye for a good bit of schmutter Jessica Hynes
A slang word for cloth or clothing
[from Yiddish schmatte rag, from Polish szmata] Source
I have always envied Zoe three things: her figure, her taste and her eye for a good bit of schmutter Jessica Hynes
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| The East End rag trade in the 1950s |
Schmutter (or Schmatter) is a sonorous Yiddish word, as displayed in the wonderful example given by Aldo Shattuck: Galliano's career in schmatters ended in tatters