shlimazl

schlemazel

slang An unfortunate or unlucky person; someone for whom nothing goes right. From Yiddish. My poor uncle was a bit of a schlemazel his whole life. Nothing ever seemed to go right for him. I'm such a schlemazel! I finally saved up enough money to buy a new suit, and it gets caught on the door frame and rips the very first time I wear it.

shlimazel

slang An unfortunate or unlucky person; someone for whom nothing goes right. From Yiddish. My poor uncle has always been a bit of a shlimazel. Between his failed businesses and his failed marriages, nothing has ever seemed to go right for him. I'm such a shlimazel! I finally saved up enough money to buy a new suit, and it gets caught on the door frame and rips the very first time I wear it.

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schlemazel

and schlemozzle and shlimazl (ʃləˈmɑzlæ)

n. an awkward, bumbling person; a loser. (Yiddish.) And this poor schlemazel tries to get me to help him paint his fence!

shlimazl

verb

See schlemazel

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