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Definition of schmatte in English: schmatte(also shmatte) nounˈʃmatəˈʃmɑdə US informal A rag; a ragged or shabby garment. 〈美，非正式〉破布；破旧衣服 Example sentencesExamples - His wife, though, simply has to lose that sash on her shmatte.
- Hair unbound, women bedecked in shmattes of white tulle waft aimlessly around a stage hung with school-pageant clouds.
- ‘Underneath the veil or shmatte, every woman wants to be loved and cherished,’ she said.
Synonyms piece of cloth, bit of cloth, fragment of cloth, scrap of cloth, cloth
Origin1970s: Yiddish shmatte, from Polish szmata 'rag'. Definition of schmatte in US English: schmatte(also shmatte) nounˈʃmɑdəˈSHmädə US informal A rag; a ragged or shabby garment. 〈美，非正式〉破布；破旧衣服 Example sentencesExamples - His wife, though, simply has to lose that sash on her shmatte.
- ‘Underneath the veil or shmatte, every woman wants to be loved and cherished,’ she said.
- Hair unbound, women bedecked in shmattes of white tulle waft aimlessly around a stage hung with school-pageant clouds.
Synonyms piece of cloth, bit of cloth, fragment of cloth, scrap of cloth, cloth
Origin1970s: Yiddish shmatte, from Polish szmata ‘rag’. |