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shmattes

shmattes is the plural 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

Questions about shmattes

What is shmattes the plural of?
Shmattes is the plural of shmatte.

Words near shmattes in the dictionary

  1. shmate
  2. shmates
  3. shmatta
  4. shmattas
  5. shmatte
  6. shmattes
  7. shmear
  8. shmeared
  9. shmearing
  10. shmears
  11. shmeat

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shmattes (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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