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shegetzes

shegetzes is the plural of shegetz.

Meaning of shegetz

Noun

shegetz (plural shkotzim or shegetzes)

  1. (derogatory, sometimes) A gentile, a non-Jewish male.
    • And where is she now, that find! Hello, Pumpkin! Making some lucky shaygets a wonderful wife out there in middle America?1969, Philip Roth, “The Most Prevalent Form of Degradation in Erotic Life”, in Portnoy’s Complaint, New York: Vintage, published 1994, page 216

Questions about shegetzes

What is shegetzes the plural of?
Shegetzes is the plural of shegetz.

Words near shegetzes in the dictionary

  1. Sheftall
  2. Sheftel
  3. Sheftels
  4. sheftsvo
  5. shegetz
  6. shegetzes
  7. shegoat
  8. shegoats
  9. Shehadeh
  10. Shehadehs
  11. shehakol

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