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‖ tsores, n. pl. U.S. colloq.|ˈtsɒrəs|
Also tsouris, tsuris, -us, (t)z-, etc.
[Yiddish tsores, pl. of tsore trouble, woe, a. Heb. ṣārāh.]
Trouble(s), worries (sometimes const. as sing.).
1901M. Wolfenstein Idyls of Gass viii. 143 I have other Zores (troubles). 1905W. Wittigschlager Minna i. i. 15 We have no money..nor do we propose ever to experience such zorus, (trouble). 1929J. D. Rosenberg Kosher Americans xvii. 165 Ve had plenty tso-res (troubles) before. 1941B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? iv. 70, I had a notion that a little of Billie and Sammy Glick might not be such a bad idea, if only to get my mind off my own tsurus. 1950Commentary X. 67/2 He had enough tzores without politics. 1956‘T. Betts’ Across Board 103 During a long streak of tzuris (misery) with cards and horses. 1968L. Rosten Joys of Yiddish 412 Oh, have I got tsuris! 1972J. Caine Hamlet, my Boy vi. 71 It's no tsooras for a child. 1975N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 16 Mar. 31 She has a bad back..and miscellaneous medical tsouris. |