Meanings
plural shmattas
- 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 1983 more examples
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 20Did 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 139Word 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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shmatta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shmatta
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