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Noun: schlemiel
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler
    - shlemiel [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: schlemiels

Type of: simple [archaic], simpleton

Encyclopedia: Schlemiel

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