10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHTOOM»
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shtoom in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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German English Words: A Popular Dictionary of German Words ...
See schnorrer. shtum, schtum, shtoom, schtoom, stumm shtum, schtum, shtoom,
schtoom, stumm shtum, schtum, shtoom, schtoom, stumm shtum, schtum, shtoom,
schtoom, stumm adj. related to stumm “silent”: quiet, silent, secretive, unwilling ...
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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
[Origin unknown; apparently not a Yiddish word] shtoom ljtum/ Also schtoom,
shtum(m), stumm, etc. adjective 1 Saying nothing, silent. 1958—. G. MARKSTEIN
Keep stumm about how you heard (1981). verb 2 to shtoom up (also to shtoom it)
to ...
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
Then I heard this noise that said, 'Shtoom! Shtoom! Shtoom!' Footsteps. 'Shtoom!
Shtoom! Shtoom! ' Six-foot nine, give or take a inch. 'Shtoom! Shtoom! Shtoom!'
Four, five-hundred pounds. 'Shtoom! Shtoom! Shtoom!' Big, big, big man coming.
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
(P.B.) shtoom (or shtum), keep; properly, stoom (stum). To keep quiet; to 'act
dumb': low; mostly East End of London: C.20. Often in imperative, or as keep
shtoom. 'Simply the anglicised phonetic spelling of S. German “stumm”—dumb,
silent.
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shuck to shuck off i. ; #J& 2. Sft^ ; IE -- W6M (It's difficult to shuck off one's habit.
ffiB«St#Jlflffl*M - ) shuffle to shuffle the cards 1. & $6 7: it shred shuck 494.
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
... shtook or schtook or schtuk or shtuk /ftuk/ c» noun, slang trouble; bother. • in (
dead) shtook, etc in trouble or strife. ©1930s, shtoom or schtoom or shcum or
shtumm or stumm //turn/ c» adj, slang silent; quiet. • keep shtoom. etc to remain
silent.
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
Some people in the nick make themselves very bizzie [sic] all the time and think
they are very cunning, but I think it's much better to keep shtoom, and to prove my
point I came home on the earliest day I possibly could. — Frank Norman, Bang ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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The Chambers Dictionary
keep or stay shtoom. etc remain silent, be quiet. [Yiddish, from Ger stumm silent]
shtup shloop. (slang) vt and vi to have sexual intercourse (with), to copulate: - pr
p shtupp'ing; pa t and pa p shtupped [Yiddish, from Ger stupsen to push] ...
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Hartley's foreign phrases
Hence, for instance, the form shtoom for YIVO shtum, 'silent, mute'. Shtoom is an
unreliable phonetic form: it works only with Anglo- Saxon speakers. It is hoped
that readers of this Lexicon will be able to reconcile such variant readings as ...
G. ramps flicks on a flashlight and leads the way down some steps into a dripping
tunnel caked in lime scale. For a moment I think about his dinghy stashed at the
Jubilee tunnel, the notepad and the maps. Still, I keep shtoom, cos Gramps is ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHTOOM»
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shtoom is used in the context of the following news items.
The week in TV: Mad Men; The Island With Bear Grylls; Victoria …
... “when you're going through hell, keep going” – but in the main kept shtoom, again allowing the contestants to film themselves over six gruelling weeks. «The Guardian, Apr 15»
Why we've all got the same taste now
I sometimes worry that an entire generation of digital natives is being trained to toe the line, stay shtoom and never risk questioning the prevailing sense of right ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 15»
Norman Mair - a true one-off
The secret was blown, I kept suitably shtoom eventually feigning surprise and a great night was had featuring Norman and wife Lewine as quintessential (a ... «Edinburgh Evening News, Dec 14»
China Has Blocked a British Mission to Hong Kong — and the UK …
Early this month, former Governor Patten accused the British government of having "kept shtoom" on Chinese aggressions in Hong Kong, "in the bizarre ... «VICE News, Dec 14»
Talking at a tennis match? Zip it please
... which is neither one nor the other in terms of expectation, who knows what's permissible in the cheap seats? So I tried to tune them out, and kept shtoom. «The Guardian, Nov 14»
Patten criticises UK's 'keep shtoom' policy on Hong Kong
Lord Patten has said the UK should be doing more to support democracy in Hong Kong, suggesting its policy of "keeping shtoom" was counter-productive. «BBC News, Nov 14»
Liz Jones's Diary: In which David can't live up to my fantasy version
For now, though, I have to break the habit of a lifetime and keep shtoom. (Or, at least, the habit in existence since 1 January 2000, the morning after I was stood ... «Daily Mail, Oct 14»
Kate Middleton Introduced To Millionaire Who Kept Wife's Dead …
At the event, Kate Middleton spoke with charity supporter Christopher Holder, but kept totally shtoom about the gender of her new baby. Holder told reporters ... «The Inquisitr, Oct 14»
Life with an Asperger's boyfriend
Excited beyond sense, I kept shtoom until he got down on one knee one damp Sunday and announced that we were going to get my finger measured. «The Times, Apr 14»
Wearables: Untethering games from the living room
Save for vague hints, platform holders such as Microsoft have so far kept shtoom on the subject of wearable tech for games. Electronics giant Samsung released ... «Develop, Mar 14»
