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shmata

shmata is the alternative spelling of shmatte.

Meaning of shmatte

Noun

shmatte (plural shmattes)

  1. A rag.
  2. An old or dirty article of clothing.
  3. (slang, fashion industry) Any item of clothing.
    • She skipped onto a minimally decorated stage in a pale salmon pink schmate covered in bows, loose-fitting and obviously filled with surprises.1983 April 9, Walta Borawski, “Midler in Boston”, in Gay Community News, page 12

Forms of shmata

pluralshmatas

Questions about shmata

What is shmata the alternative spelling of?
Shmata is the alternative spelling of shmatte.

Words near shmata in the dictionary

  1. shmalz
  2. shmancier
  3. shmanciest
  4. shmancy
  5. shmashana
  6. shmata
  7. shmatas
  8. shmate
  9. shmates
  10. shmatta
  11. shmattas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shmata (page history and authors); shmatte (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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