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schmear
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (Yiddish) a batch of things that go together; "he bought the whole schmeer" [syn: schmeer , shmear ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1961, "bribery," from Yiddish shmir "spread," from shmirn "to grease, smear," from Middle High German smiren, from Old High German smirwen "to smear" (see smear (v.); compare slang to grease (someone's) palm "to bribe"). Phrase the whole schmear "the entire ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
__NOTOC__ Schmear is a word of Germanic origin, equivalent to 'smear' or 'spread' (usually fat or butter). In some Germanic languages, the cognate of smear itself means butter. Origin: Before 900; (v.) Middle English : smeren , smirien to rub with fat, ...