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shmatte

shmatte

English

Alternative forms

schmatte, schmata, schmatta, schmate

Noun

shmatte ‎(plural shmattes)

(Yinglish) A rag.
(Yinglish) An old article of clothing.
An item of clothing: a "rag" in fashion- and clothing-industry slang.

Quotations

2007 December 12, David M. Halbfinger, “A Film Producer Guided More by His Heart Than by His Calculator”, in New York Times:
I said, Why am I in the shmatte business? Mr. Kimmel said of his beginners luck.

Translations

a rag

Russian: тря́пка (ru) f ‎(trjápka)

Yiddish: שמאַתע ‎(shmate)

any item of clothing

Russian: шмо́тка f ‎(šmótka)

References

http://www.yiddishdictionaryonline.com/dictionary/שמאַטע.html