Schmuck Definition
zhmuk
schmucks
noun
schmucks
A contemptible or foolish person; jerk.
Webster's New World
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schmucksOrigin of Schmuck
Yiddish shmok penis, fool probably from Polish smok dragon Bulgarian smok grass-snake perhaps akin to Russian smoktat’ to suck (since folk tradition holds that snakes suck milk from livestock), of imitative origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Yiddish שמאָק (shmok, “penis"), from Old Polish smok (“dragon") or from German Schmuck (“jewellery") .
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