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SCHMEAR
schmeer, schmear, shmear
(noun) (Yiddish) a batch of things that go together; “he bought the whole schmeer”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
schmear (plural schmears)
A spread that goes on a bagel.
A batch of things that go together.
An aggregate.
Verb
schmear (third-person singular simple present schmears, present participle schmearing, simple past and past participle schmeared)
To spread something, often a bagel spread.
(slang, transitive) To bribe.
Anagrams
• Marches, machers, marches
Source: Wiktionary
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