10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHMEK»
Discover the use of
shmek in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
shmek and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Maggid Speaks: Favorite Stories and Parables of Rabbi ...
Red faced, he turned and walked back to his seat muttering to himself, "Ribbono
Shel Olam, am I not even worth a shmek tabak?" The heavenly angels were in an
uproar at R' Boruch's lack of sensitivity. It was decreed that in the new year the ...
Paysach J. Krohn, Shalom Mordekhai Shvadron (ha-Kohen.), 1987
2
SIDA, Botanical Miscellany
S of Breyten, Shmek s.n. (IA). Benton Co.: £L(ERs2767(IA). BuchananCo.: Shmek
2911 (IA). Cedar Co.: 3 mi N of Springdale, FatII (IA). Cherokee Co.: Shimek s.n. (
IA). Chickasaw Co.: Howe s.n. (IA). ClavtonCo.: near Marquette, Shmek S.n. ...
3
Don DeLillo, Jean Baudrillard, and the Consumer Conundrum
Comes from the Yiddish word shmek. You know this, experts? A sniff, a smell, like
a pinch of snuff. Dig it, he's got a two hundred dollar shmek habit. Next time you
bust a junkie who's a coreligionist...and you stick your rubber glove up his ass to
...
4
Bibliophile's Dictionary
laudanum (LOD num, also lo DEN urn) - n. a tincture of opium. schmeck (SHMEK
) - n. a drug; spec, heroin (from Yiddish - sniff). "Coleridge ... never lost his
kindness and enormous empathy for other people, and consequently his ability to
draw ...
5
Lessons for Dylan: On Life, Love, the Movies, and Me
Shmek A sniff or a taste. Shmek-tabak is Yiddish (and also German) for snuff.
Yiddish gangsters knew enough to take a taste of uncut heroin to see if they were
buying the etness, the real thing; which is why "heroin" is called "smack."
Shmatteh ...
6
Invisible: My Journey Through Vision and Hearing Loss
She had always enjoyed our occasional family drives in the country with their
shmek of hay. We teased her for using the Yiddish word shmek instead ofsmell.
She would smile her gentle smile, happy that her children were happy. Maybe it
was ...
7
American Babel: Literatures of the United States from Abnaki ...
Side bayn side we'll take a shmek, a shmek tabok. I'm gonna take you places
honey, I'm gonna take you to Oy Vegas. I'll also take to you the mountains, to the
Boulders. Boulders, shmoulders, abi gezunt, honey chile, honey kneydl, honey ...
8
Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish
86 shiur ' shmek its proponent's perspectives: EPISTEMOLOGY, DOGMAS. “
Maybe he can't find a shiduch because he has so many S.” [cf. shita] —N.B. “baal
shita” refers to the proponent of such a system and implies that the proponent is ...
Through the crowd came the young chasan, escorted by his holy father the Rosh
Yeshiva on one side and his mechutan, Reb Menachem, on the other. Shalom
Ber was astounded. This was the "shlepper" who didn't have a shmek tabak?
Yitzchak Reuven Rubin, 2001
He did a pivot and spin. “And you cops on special duty. The linguists in the crowd
. There's something you oughta know. The word smack, or heroin? Comes from
the Yiddish shmek. You know this, experts? A sniff, a smell, like a pinch of snuff.
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHMEK»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
shmek is used in the context of the following news items.
Snimljen Mercedes GLC (novi GLK)
Svidjala mi se ideja da Mercedes ima jedan tako "grub" dizajn poput starog GLK. Ovo gore je jako lepo ali nema taj shmek vise. Siguran sam,ipak, da ce prodaja ... «AutoBlog, Feb 15»
Count Your Blessings
It's called shmek tabak in Yiddish, he said, a reference to the “pinch of tobacco” traditionally taken between one's thumb and index finger. “You put [the pinch] up ... «Baltimore Jewish Times, Sep 14»
The Secret Yiddish History of Scotland
Bronfn is Yiddish for liquor (in Eastern Europe it generally meant vodka, but Edinburgh is whisky land), while “Nem a shmek,” Yiddish for “Have a taste,” is, ... «Jewish Daily Forward, Sep 14»
4 Charged In Alleged Chester County Prison Break Plot
Further investigation uncovered communications between the two inmates — Shmek Hynson and Saleem Williams — and two women on the outside. «CBS Local, Dec 12»
