schleps

Noun

schlep (plural schleps)

1. (Jewish, New-York-City, informal, slang) A long or burdensome journey.
   • Sure you can go across town to get that, but it'd be a schlep.
2. (Jewish, New-York-City, informal, slang) A boring person, a drag; a good-for-nothing person.
   • For every genuine, sincere, perceptive resident who is capable and willing to work and sacrifice, you've got 200-plus who are permanently classifiable as either hustlers, rip-off artists, freeloaders, ganefs, shleps, or out-and-out shmucks!1976 January 26, William F. Winkler, “Letters”, in New York, volume 9, number 4, New York, N.Y.: NYM Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6
3. (Jewish, New-York-City, informal, slang) A sloppy or slovenly person.
   • My father had class? I was completely taken aback. I had never heard my father described that way. To me, he was not a European gentleman but a schlep, someone who preferred chinos to gabardine, comfort to style. My mother used to say that if she hadn't made him go shopping, he would still be...2005, Nancy Gerber, Losing a Life: A Daughter's Memoir of Caregiving, Lanham, Md.: Hamilton Press, University Press of America, →ISBN, page 5
4. (Jewish, New-York-City, informal, slang) A “pull” or influence.
   • He must have had a lot of schlep to get such good seats.

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