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Words borrowed from Yiddish

This week’s words
shadchan
gunsel
tummler
shicker
heimisch

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PRONUNCIATION:

(SHIK-uhr)

MEANING:

noun: A drunkard; alcoholic liquor.
adjective: Drunk.
verb intr.: To drink or to get drunk.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Yiddish shiker, from Hebrew shikkor, from shakar (to be drunk). Earliest documented use: 1892.

USAGE:

“Do you think I’m shicker?”
“Right now I would say yes. After four drinks, yes.”
Dan Pope; In the Cherry Tree; Picador; 2003.

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