schmutter

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UK/ˈʃmʌtə/

noun

Clothing.

OriginYiddish שמאַטע →
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Meanings

nounschmutter (countable and uncountable, plural schmutters)

plural schmutters

  1. colloquialcountableuncountableClothing.

    ‘Has something worried you – the business at the Cardin Foundation?’ ‘Cardin? Not my favourite schmutter.’

    2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 269
  2. colloquialcountableuncountableRubbish, worthless material.

Origin

  1. Yiddishשמאַטע“rag”
  2. Englishschmutter

From Yiddish שמאַטע (shmate, “rag”).

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schmutter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schmutter

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“schmutter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schmutter. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “schmutter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schmutter.

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