SCHLEMIHL

  

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SCHLEMIHL

Date "SCHLEMIHL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references)

"SCHLEMIHL" is a common misspelling or typo for: schlemiel.


Specialty Definition: SCHLEMIHL

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Literature

Schlemihl (Peter). The name of a man who sold his shadow to the devil, in Chamisso's tale so called. It is a synonym for any person who makes a desperate and silly bargain. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Usage: SCHLEMIHL

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Movie/TV Titles

Der Schlemihl (1931)

Schlemihl (1915)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: SCHLEMIHL

Language Translations for "SCHLEMIHL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Turkish

  

enayi (chump, dupe, fall guy, fool, foolish, goat, gudgeon, gull, mug, muggins, pigeon, schlemiel, schlepper, set up, sucker). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: SCHLEMIHL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-h-h-i-l-l-m-s"

-2 letters: hellish, micells.

-3 letters: chiels, chiles, chills, chimes, chisel, climes, liches, micell, miches, milles.

-4 letters: ceils, celli, cells, chiel, chile, chill, chime, clime, heils, hells, helms, hemic, hills, limes, lisle, melic, mells, mesic, miche, milch, miles, mille, mills, shell, shiel, shill, slice, slime, smell, smile.

-5 letters: ceil, cell, cels, chis, elhi, ells, elms, emic, hehs.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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