"schmutter" meaning in English

See schmutter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈʃmʌtə/ [UK] Forms: schmutters [plural]
Etymology: From Yiddish שמאַטע (shmate, “rag”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|yi|שמאַטע||rag}} Yiddish שמאַטע (shmate, “rag”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} schmutter (countable and uncountable, plural schmutters)
  1. (colloquial) Clothing. Tags: colloquial, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Clothing
    Sense id: en-schmutter-en-noun-jaEOun7m Disambiguation of Clothing: 100 0
  2. (colloquial) Rubbish, worthless material. Tags: colloquial, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-schmutter-en-noun-BGKxCNgW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: schmatte

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