schlemiel
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.schle·miel
noun \shlə-ˈmēl\Definition of SCHLEMIEL
: an unlucky bungler : chump
See Variants of SCHLEMIEL
schle·miel also shle·miel \shlə-ˈmēl\
Origin of SCHLEMIEL
Yiddish shlemil
First Known Use: 1892
Rhymes with SCHLEMIEL
aiguille, all-wheel, anneal, appeal, big deal, big wheel, bilge keel, bonemeal, bonspiel, cam wheel, Castile, cartwheel, chainwheel, chenille, cogwheel, conceal, congeal, cornmeal, done deal, eared seal, enwheel, fifth wheel, fish meal, flywheel, forefeel, for real, four-wheel, freewheel, fur seal, genteel, get real, good deal, great seal, handwheel, harp seal, ideal, inchmeal, mild steel, mill wheel, misdeal, mobile, Mobile, monk seal, mouthfeel, New Deal, newsreel, nosewheel, oatmeal, O'Neal, pastille, piecemeal, pinwheel, prayer wheel, raw deal, repeal, reveal, self-heal, side-wheel, singspiel, somedeal, spike heel, stabile, tahsil, Tar Heel, thumbwheel, unreel, unseal, worm wheel
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