"schlimazel" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1962, Philip K. Dick, “The Man in the High Castle”, in Four Novels of the 1960s, Library of America, published 2007, page 46",
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        "A chronically unlucky person."
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        "(colloquial, chiefly US) A chronically unlucky person."
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          "word": "schlemiel"
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          "word": "shemozzle"
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        {
          "word": "schlemazel"
        },
        {
          "word": "schlemozzle"
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          "word": "schlimazl"
        },
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          "word": "shlemozzle"
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        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a chronically unlucky person",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "ulykkesfugl"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a chronically unlucky person",
          "word": "pechvogel"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a chronically unlucky person",
          "word": "schlemiel"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a chronically unlucky person",
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            "masculine"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a chronically unlucky person",
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "sfigato"
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          "roman": "baksuz",
          "sense": "a chronically unlucky person",
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        },
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          "sense": "a chronically unlucky person",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "gafe"
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      "ipa": "/ʃləˈmɑːzəl/"
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      "word": "schlemazel"
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      "word": "schlimazl"
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      "word": "shlimazl"
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        "common-gender"
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      "word": "ulykkesfugl"
    },
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      "sense": "a chronically unlucky person",
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      "sense": "a chronically unlucky person",
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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      "sense": "a chronically unlucky person",
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        "masculine"
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      "roman": "shlimazl",
      "sense": "a chronically unlucky person",
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