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Definition of schmatte in English: schmatte(also shmatte) nounˈʃmatəˈʃmɑdə US informal A rag; a ragged or shabby garment. Example sentencesExamples - His wife, though, simply has to lose that sash on her shmatte.
- Hair unbound, women bedecked in shmattes of white tulle waft aimlessly around a stage hung with school-pageant clouds.
- ‘Underneath the veil or shmatte, every woman wants to be loved and cherished,’ she said.
Synonyms piece of cloth, bit of cloth, fragment of cloth, scrap of cloth, cloth
Origin 1970s: Yiddish shmatte, from Polish szmata 'rag'. Definition of schmatte in US English: schmatte(also shmatte) nounˈʃmɑdəˈSHmädə US informal A rag; a ragged or shabby garment. Example sentencesExamples - His wife, though, simply has to lose that sash on her shmatte.
- ‘Underneath the veil or shmatte, every woman wants to be loved and cherished,’ she said.
- Hair unbound, women bedecked in shmattes of white tulle waft aimlessly around a stage hung with school-pageant clouds.
Synonyms piece of cloth, bit of cloth, fragment of cloth, scrap of cloth, cloth
Origin 1970s: Yiddish shmatte, from Polish szmata ‘rag’. |