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Yiddishism
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Yid·dish·ism  (yd-shzm)
n.
A linguistic feature of Yiddish, especially a Yiddish idiom or phrasing that appears in another language.
Yiddishism
a Yiddish loanword in English, as chutzpa.
See also: Language
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