schlimazel
/ʃlɪˈmɒz(ə)l
/(also schlemazel)
noun US informal
A consistently unlucky or accident-prone person.And a schlemazel (biggest idiot) would do the first two things and end up cutting off his hands in the process....
- ‘If you don't, ‘said the schlimazel, ‘I'll go into the hat business.’
- ‘You must give me money,’ insisted the schlimazel.
Origin
Yiddish, from Middle High German slim 'crooked' + Hebrew mazzāl 'luck'.
- hot tear
- hot tearing
- hotted-up
- hot-tempered
- Hottentot
- Hottentot bean
- Hottentot bread
- Hottentot cherry
- Hottentotese
- Hottentot fig
- Hottentot god
- Hottentotish
- Hottentotism
- Hottentot pie
- Hottentot's bean
- Hottentot's bread
- Hottentot's cherry
- Hottentot's god
- Hottentot's head
- Hottentot's tea
- Hottentot tea
- Hottentottish
- hotter
- hot ticket
- hottie