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shemozzle

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9 lettersPronunciation /ʃɪˈmɒzəl/Part of speech nounSorted eehlmoszzStarts with SEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. (Yiddish) a confused situation or affair; a mess

Word origin

UK late-19th century. Borrowed from Yiddish שלימזל (shlimazl, “misfortune”), from Middle High German slim (“crooked”) and Hebrew מַזָּל (mazzāl, “luck”). Cognate with US English schlimazel (“unlucky person”). Compare German Schlamassel.

Used in a sentence

  • "No end of a shemozzle there’s been there lately," he said. "Marina Gregg's been having hysterics most days. Said some coffee she was given was poisoned."
  • If Will comes out of this shemozzle.
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:shemozzle.

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