Search Details

Word: schmendrick (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...almost Nabokovian, word-play that runs through his myriad of New Yorker stories. Perelman would certainly have proven disappointing on these counts--no one could do off the cuff what he so meticulously crafted. Instead, one would meet Perelman to find out one thing--How much of that literary schmendrick persona that appears over and over again in his stories...

Author: By Daniel S. Benjamin, | Title: Laughing Last but not Loudest | 11/18/1981 | See Source »

...schmendrick (Yiddish)-a clumsy jerk

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: FROM ABE'S CABE TO ZOOLY A Slang Sampler | 7/11/1960 | See Source »

| 1 |