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tzuris

tzuris is the alternative spelling of tsuris.

Meaning of tsuris

Noun

tsuris (uncountable)

  1. (English, Jewish, US, colloquial) Problems or troubles.
    • You think you got troubles? You should go down there and talk to some of those schnorrers. Still, what chutzbah^([sic]). It's like the Jewish moral sense, emerging from all that tsuris.1968, Ronald Sukenick, Up, Dial Press, page 84

Questions about tzuris

What is tzuris the alternative spelling of?
Tzuris is the alternative spelling of tsuris.

Words near tzuris in the dictionary

  1. tzuica
  2. Tzukuan
  3. Tzukuei
  4. Tzul
  5. Tzuls
  6. tzuris
  7. tzut
  8. tzute
  9. tzutes
  10. tzuts
  11. Tzutuhil

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