shmatta

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A form of shmatte — A rag.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

nounshmatta (plural shmattas)

plural shmattas

  1. alternativeAlternative form of shmatte.

    Why do you wear that shmatta on your head?

    1996, Elaine K. Winik, Still Looking Forward, Rutledge Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 198
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    In his nouvelle Chinoiserie, he manages to exoticize the overly familiar, disregarded patterns of everyday shmattas.

    2003, Parrot Talk: A Retrospective of Works by Kim MacConnel, Santa Monica Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 20

    Did you see the sandals Mary was wearing with that shmatta?

    2003, Bennett Lear Fairorth, “Venice”, in The Land Where My American Mother Died—Palermo, Sicily, iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN, page 139

    Word is Kim K — known to occasionally cloak her behind in designer fake-o’s — sported $60 stripper shoes with that Marilyn [Monroe] shmatta.

    2022 May 9, Cindy Adams, “Kim Kardashian wore stripper shoes to the Met Gala”, in New York Post

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APA

shmatta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shmatta

MLA

“shmatta.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shmatta. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shmatta,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shmatta.

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