schmutter

schmutter

English

Etymology

From Yiddish שמאַטע‎ (shmate, “rag”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʃmʌtə/

Noun

schmutter (countable and uncountable, plural schmutters)

1. (colloquial) Clothing.
   • 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 269:

     ‘Has something worried you – the business at the Cardin Foundation?’ ‘Cardin? Not my favourite schmutter.’

2. (colloquial) Rubbish, worthless material.

Related terms

• schmatte