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SCHLEPPER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does schlepper mean?
• SCHLEPPER (noun)
The noun SCHLEPPER has 1 sense:
1. (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person
Familiarity information: SCHLEPPER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
schlep; schlepper; shlep; shlepper
Hypernyms ("schlepper" is a kind of...):
simple; simpleton (a person lacking intelligence or common sense)
Domain category:
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)
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