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shmate

shmate 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 shmate

pluralshmates

Questions about shmate

What is shmate the alternative spelling of?
Shmate is the alternative spelling of shmatte.

Words near shmate in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shmate (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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