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schmutter colloq.|ˈʃmʌtə(r)|
Also shmuter, shmutter.
[ad. Yiddish schmatte, rag; cf. schmatte.]
Clothing; also fig., rubbish. Also attrib., esp. in schmutter trade, schmutter business, etc.
1959C. MacInnes Absolute Beginners 138 Coming down the steps, wearing some very fancy schmutter: mauve, button-two tuxedo, laced shirt, varnished pumps with bows, and, on his arm, a nameless dame. 1962F. Norman Guntz i. 9 There ain't all that many birds who are loaded in the shmuter trade. 1965New Statesman 30 July 152/2 Jews..may prefer their son to go into the family schmutter business. 1967G. Sims Last Best Friend xiii. 114 They said it was like Buck House but it was a right load of old schmutter! You see, everyone's an antique dealer today. 1972Bookseller 27 May 2358/1 Several dresses (at trade terms) were bought for Mrs. Wolfe..from small shmutter merchants. 1980Times 22 July 10/6 You can always dump a load of old schmutter destined for the California leisure set onto the unsuspecting women of Nottingham. |