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schmutter

UK/ˈʃmʌtə/

schmutter noun: clothing.

Noun

schmutter (countable and uncountable, plural schmutters)

  1. (colloquial) Clothing.
    • ‘Has something worried you – the business at the Cardin Foundation?’ ‘Cardin? Not my favourite schmutter.’2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 269
  2. (colloquial) Rubbish, worthless material.

Forms of schmutter

pluralschmutters

Origin of schmutter

From Yiddish שמאַטע (shmate, “rag”).

Questions about schmutter

What does schmutter mean?
Schmutter means clothing.
What part of speech is schmutter?
Schmutter is a noun.
How do you pronounce schmutter?
Schmutter is pronounced /ˈʃmʌtə/ (UK).
What is the plural of schmutter?
The plural of schmutter is schmutters.

Words near schmutter in the dictionary

  1. schmucko
  2. schmuckos
  3. schmucks
  4. Schmucksville
  5. schmucky
  6. schmutter
  7. schmutters
  8. schmutz
  9. schmutzy
  10. Schnabel
  11. Schnabel car

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