shmatte

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shmatte Yiddish [ˈʃmɑtə]

1. a rag

2. anything shabby

3. (Clothing & Fashion) (modifier) clothes: a jocular use the shmatte trade

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No references found			Fashionistas begin to wish they’d meet a rich husband already so they could quit that demanding market editor job and move to Connecticut to procreate, while designers continue to serve up a stream of lukewarm shmatte, punctuated by high points like Monique Lhuillier’s bridal creations (our therapist would positively forbid this), Betsey Johnson’s whimsical theatrics (your guess is as good as ours Tuesday, September 9 by Meredith Bryan / The New York Observer The film interweaves the story of Haiti's pepe dealers with the memoirs of Bernard Schapiro, a Jewish Austrian immigrant who worked as one of the once-ubiquitous shmatte zamlers ("rag collectors") of a century ago. The afterlife of American clothes: Haitian entrepreneurs find value ... by McNeil, Joanne / Reason Every shmatte motel in Florida doesn't have a swimming pool? Mengele's leg by Howland, Bette / Confrontation			shivaree shive shiver Shiver-spar shivering Shiveringly shivery Shiviti Shivoo Shizoku Shizuoka Shkodër shkotzim shlemiel shlep shlepper shlimazel shlock shlockmeister shlong shloshim shlub Shluh SHM shmaltz shmatte shmear shmegegge shmo shmoose shmooze shmuck shnook shnorr shnorrer Shoad Shoading Shoah shoal Shoaliness Shoaling Shoaly Shoar shoat shochet shock shock absorber shock front shock jock shock radio shock reaction			SHLWS Shlyakhta Shlyk, Aleksandr Shlyk, Aleksandr Arkadevich SHM SHM SHM SHM (computer science) SHM (computing) SHM-CD Shma SHMAC Shmagh SHMAK Shmakov, Fedor Shmakov, Fedor Ivanovich Shmakov, Pavel Shmakov, Pavel Vasilevich Shmakovka Shmalgauzen, Ivan Shmalgauzen, Ivan Fedorovich Shmalgauzen, Ivan Ivanovich Shmalts shmaltz Shmarinov, Dementii Shmarinov, Dementii Alekseevich shmatte shmattes SHMB SHMBL SHMBO SHMC SHMCC SHMD SHME shmear shmeared shmearing shmears Shmedia shmeer shmeered shmeering shmeers shmegegge Shmelev, Ivan Shmelev, Ivan Sergeevich Shmelkov, Petr Shmelkov, Petr Mikhailovich SHMEO SHMES

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