Schmutter

//ˈʃmʌtə// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Clothing. colloquial, countable, uncountable

    "‘Has something worried you – the business at the Cardin Foundation?’ ‘Cardin? Not my favourite schmutter.’"

  2. 2
    Rubbish, worthless material. colloquial, countable, uncountable

Example

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"‘Has something worried you – the business at the Cardin Foundation?’ ‘Cardin? Not my favourite schmutter.’"

Etymology

From Yiddish שמאַטע (shmate, “rag”).

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