oytser

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Definitions

  • n. A treasure.

  • n. (sarcastic) Something undesirable.

Example Sentences

  • “My child? An angel, an oytser to us both.” (NJY)

  • "My child is an angel, an oytser to me." (source)

  • "Her child? That brat. God save me from such an oytser!" (source)

  • “He almost ruined me, that oytser!” (NJY)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y אוצר oytser

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      oitser, oytzer, oitzer

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