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shlimazel

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shli·ma·zel  (shl-mäzl)
n. Slang
Variant of schlimazel.
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Noun1.shlimazel - (Yiddish) a very unlucky or inept person who fails at everything
Yiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script
unfortunate, unfortunate person - a person who suffers misfortune


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