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Date "SCHLEMIHL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
"SCHLEMIHL" is a common misspelling or typo for: schlemiel. |
| Domain | Definition |
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. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Der Schlemihl (1931) Schlemihl (1915) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| 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. | ||
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. | |
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