SCHLUMP


Meaning of SCHLUMP in English

[ ʃlʊmp ]

■ noun N. Amer. informal a slow, slovenly, or inept person.

Origin

1940s: appar. related to Yiddish shlumperdik 'dowdy' and Ger. Schlumpe 'slattern'.

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