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- verb Alternative form of
schlep . - noun Alternative form of
schlep .
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Examples
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For example, that lovely word "schlepp" has no English one-word substitue.
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'schlepp' is, but how could he possibly forget this?
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Life can be a long schlepp or a joyous journey, depending on how you live it.
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After the schlepp and slog of it all, contestants would find out if they'd won after the first quarter of the super bowl; an announcement which would involve no words, only the music to the winner's song played -- to 90 million people.
Lydia Hughes: Singing Beyond the Stairwells: Kina Grannis Lydia Hughes 2011
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After the schlepp and slog of it all, contestants would find out if they'd won after the first quarter of the super bowl; an announcement which would involve no words, only the music to the winner's song played -- to 90 million people.
Lydia Hughes: Singing Beyond the Stairwells: Kina Grannis Lydia Hughes 2011
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After the schlepp and slog of it all, contestants would find out if they'd won after the first quarter of the super bowl; an announcement which would involve no words, only the music to the winner's song played -- to 90 million people.
Lydia Hughes: Singing Beyond the Stairwells: Kina Grannis Lydia Hughes 2011
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After the schlepp and slog of it all, contestants would find out if they'd won after the first quarter of the super bowl; an announcement which would involve no words, only the music to the winner's song played -- to 90 million people.
Lydia Hughes: Singing Beyond the Stairwells: Kina Grannis Lydia Hughes 2011
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At any given time, I might use one of three different laptops and/or two desktops plus a machine at school if I don't schlepp my laptop.
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After the schlepp and slog of it all, contestants would find out if they'd won after the first quarter of the super bowl; an announcement which would involve no words, only the music to the winner's song played -- to 90 million people.
Lydia Hughes: Singing Beyond the Stairwells: Kina Grannis Lydia Hughes 2011
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I did also manage to get the paperwork process started this morning, although it turned out my driver's license alone wasn't enough so I had to go home and get my passport and then schlepp back down to city hall and wait on line all over again.
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michaelnewman commented on the word schlepp
I would spell with one p. This is a word I use always.
December 2, 2006
stpeter commented on the word schlepp
Right, I think the spelling is schlep.
December 10, 2006
kaichi commented on the word schlepp
Dictionary.com says it's acceptable with either one or two p's. I like it with two. It feels more laborious, that way. ;P
January 4, 2007
inviolateandimmobile commented on the word schlepp
According to the OED, both spellings are acceptable; however, the date of the first use in English is listed as 1922 in Joyce's Ulysses, and it is spelt with two p's. Of course, if one is using it as a noun, the date of the first use is 1964 in The Economist and is spelt with only one p. In the end, it is obviously a matter of preference, and personally, I prefer two p's because that seems to me to be the root of the German verb schleppen. Also, as Kaichi noted: it feels more labourious that way. *grins*
January 17, 2007
seanahan commented on the word schlepp
I always thought this was a Yiddish word.
January 17, 2007
inviolateandimmobile commented on the word schlepp
Well, both Yiddish and German are listed as sources of the word, and Yiddish is Germanic and originated in the Rhineland, so it's more than likely that one borrowed it from the other. I just haven't studied Yiddish, so I'm more inclined to relate the word to German.
January 17, 2007