What does "schmatte" mean?

Alternative spelling of shmatte.

What is a synonym for "schmatte"?

Common synonyms include: irregular, schlock, second, third.

Schmatte

noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
Alternative spelling of shmatte. alt-of, alternative
"A night in April. We are dressing for a dinner party, I in a black skirt with a porthole over which I have dropped an empire-waisted blue schmatte. Schmatte, along with "merch" for merchandise and "matchy-matchy," as in "That sweater and skirt are too matchy-matchy," is among the words I have picked up at Mlle."

Synonyms

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irregular schlock second third

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"A night in April. We are dressing for a dinner party, I in a black skirt with a porthole over which I have dropped an empire-waisted blue schmatte. Schmatte, along with "merch" for merchandise and "matchy-matchy," as in "That sweater and skirt are too matchy-matchy," is among the words I have picked up at Mlle."

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