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schmutz slang.|ʃmʊts| Also shmutz. [Yiddish or Ger.] Dirt, filth, rubbish. Also fig. So ˈschmutzig, -ik a., filthy.
1967P. Welles Babyhip xxiv. 161 She was the one at your party wearing the schmutzik suit. 1968M. Richler Cocksure xix. 116 ‘Of my son's ability there is no question.’ ‘—and, em, the contents of your son's novel. You see—’ ‘Shmutz,’ Daniels shouted at Katansky. ‘Pardon?’ ‘Filth. Today nothing sells like filth.’ 1971O. Norton Corpse-Bird Cries vi. 113 It means dropping this driver in the schmutz insurance-wise. I was trying to avoid that. 1972Last Whole Earth Catalog 178/1 It delights them to watch us rummaging around in the schmutz. 1980Times Lit. Suppl. 5 Sept. 968/3 His [sc. Kurt Weill's] jazz is schmutzig, not schmalzy. |