"schmeck" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: schmecks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} schmeck (plural schmecks)
  1. (Jewish culture) A smell or a taste; a nip of a drink etc.
    Sense id: en-schmeck-en-noun-BtnBIFMm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} schmeck (uncountable)
  1. (slang) Heroin. Tags: slang, uncountable Related terms: smack
    Sense id: en-schmeck-en-noun--HFk22IR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for schmeck meaning in English (1.7kB)

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          "ref": "2010, Lawrance Maynard, The Pig Is Fat, page 249",
          "text": "[…] how he could help to flood the city with a deluge of drugs to take the place of the supply that had been confiscated by the police. Plenty for himself, too, he would have. Plenty of schmeck to keep himself charged for a long time.",
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