Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rag.
- noun An old or ragged garment.
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- noun Yinglish A
rag . - noun Yinglish An old article of
clothing . - noun An item of clothing: a "rag" in fashion- and clothing-industry slang
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And if you're unfortunate enough not to have come across the term schmatte before, it's a Yiddish word meaning "a rag," or alternatively something of generally poor quality.
ClickZ News Blog 2009
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And if you're unfortunate enough not to have come across the term schmatte before, it's a Yiddish word meaning "a rag," or alternatively something of generally poor quality.
ClickZ News Blog 2009
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And if you're unfortunate enough not to have come across the term schmatte before, it's a Yiddish word meaning "a rag," or alternatively something of generally poor quality.
ClickZ News Blog 2009
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And if you're unfortunate enough not to have come across the term schmatte before, it's a Yiddish word meaning "a rag," or alternatively something of generally poor quality.
ClickZ News 2009
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And if you're unfortunate enough not to have come across the term schmatte before, it's a Yiddish word meaning "a rag," or alternatively something of generally poor quality.
ClickZ News Blog 2009
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And if you're unfortunate enough not to have come across the term schmatte before, it's a Yiddish word meaning "a rag," or alternatively something of generally poor quality.
ClickZ News Blog 2009
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And if you're unfortunate enough not to have come across the term schmatte before, it's a Yiddish word meaning "a rag," or alternatively something of generally poor quality.
ClickZ News Blog 2009
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Evil genius wannabes, take note - here are some tips to get you on the road to properly torturing dressing pregnant women seeking some vaguely decent new schmatte.
Archive 2008-02-01 kittenpie 2008
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Evil genius wannabes, take note - here are some tips to get you on the road to properly torturing dressing pregnant women seeking some vaguely decent new schmatte.
Evil Designer Genius 101 kittenpie 2008
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Traditionally, if you are a schmatte dealer, and Saks gives you an order, you give that order to a factory, who will give you a certain number of percentage points to the dollar, and pay you immediately.
What Women Want Paco Underhill 2010
lesinge commented on the word schmatte
a worn out rag (of clothing).
February 3, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word schmatte
(See schmatta and schmata for other comments.)
October 4, 2008