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shtreimels

shtreimels is the plural of shtreimel.

Meaning of shtreimel

Noun

shtreimel (plural shtreimels or shtreimlech)

  1. (Judaism) A fur hat, usually worn by some married Haredi Jewish men on Shabbat and during Jewish holidays and other festive occasions.
    • My idea of a walk, influenced by Kazin and honed over these last nine years that I’ve lived in New York, involves a freewheeling thoughtfulness powered by the legs but fed by observation, a physical and mental stream of consciousness nudged this way and that by an infinite number of human...2007 August 19, Nicole Krauss, “The Walker and the Walk”, in New York Times

Questions about shtreimels

What is shtreimels the plural of?
Shtreimels is the plural of shtreimel.

Words near shtreimels in the dictionary

  1. shtook
  2. shtoom
  3. shtrafbat
  4. shtrafbats
  5. shtreimel
  6. shtreimels
  7. shtreimlech
  8. shtrudel
  9. shtrudels
  10. shtshav
  11. shtuck

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