trombenik

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Definitions

  • n. A braggart.

  • n. A glutton.

  • n. A lazy person.

  • n. A parasite; a freeloader.

  • n. A fake, phony.

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Example Sentences

  • "It must be this year’s yontoyvim, because it sure isn’t my fault. First I lose my position as gabbai for giving hagbeh to a trombenik on Rosh Hashana and now I’m stuck in England, watching rain filter through the roof of one of my in-law’s sukkes while being told, quietly but often, that the proper spelling of the Yiddish word for “rag” is shmatter and that I can leave if I don’t agree." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • טראָמבעניק trombenik

      • 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

      trombenyik, trombenyick, trombenick

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