Shlemiel

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of schlemiel. alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler wordnet

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bunglercomic figurecomic typefumblergoofklutz

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"Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams sang "shlemiel, schlemazel, hasenpfeffer incorporated" in the theme song "Making our Dreams Come True" for the television show "Laverne and Shirley," a popular American sitcom in the 1970s."

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