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schlep

Main Entry:: schlep
Variant(s):: or schlepp also shlep or shlepp \ˈshlep\
Function:: verb
Inflected Form(s):: schlepped also shlepped; schlep·ping also shlep·ping
Etymology:: Yiddish shlepn, from Middle High German sleppen, from Middle Low German slēpen
Date:: 1922

transitive verb : drag , haul intransitive verb : to proceed or move especially slowly, tediously, awkwardly, or carelessly

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