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    schlepper
    /ˈʃlɛpə/

    noun

    • 1. an inept or stupid person: informal North American "poor John was a schlepper of the first order"

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  2. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › schlepperSchlepper - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Other forms: schleppers. Definitions of schlepper. noun. (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person. synonyms: schlep, shlep, shlepper. see more.

  3. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSCHLEPPER definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    Schlepper is a US informal, derogatory word for an incompetent, awkward, or foolish person. It can also mean a person who carries things or a servant, or a person who wanders aimlessly or who is slow to act.

  4. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › schlepperschlepper - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Nov 30, 2022 · Noun. [ edit] schlepper (plural schleppers) ( derogatory) One who wanders aimlessly. I can't interest the little schlepper in doing his homework. ( derogatory) Any manual laborer, or other lowly employee. He's just a schlepper! [ edit] 1999 May 23, John Lahr, “The Demon-Lover”, in The New Yorker‎ [1]:

  5. www.thefreedictionary.com › schlepperSchlepper - definition of schlepper by The Free Dictionary

    Schlepper is a slang term for a person who carries things, a servant, or a censorious person. It comes from Yiddish shlepn, meaning to drag or pull. See translations, examples, and related words.

  6. www.oed.com › dictionary › schlepper_nschlepper, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English...

    What does the noun schlepper mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun schlepper. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the noun schlepper? Fewer than 0.01 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency.

  7. stljewishlight.org › news › news-localYiddish Word Of The Week: Schlep or Schlepper

    May 3, 2021 · schlepper (plural schleppers) 1) a servant who carries things 2) a porter 3) a pejorative insult for an individual who wanders aimlessly 4) One who acts in a slovenly, lazy, or sloppy manner. Kind of like the modern idiom of “slacker”.

  8. www.yourdictionary.com › schlepperSchlepper Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    Schlepper Definition. A servant who carries things. A porter. A pejorative insult for an individual who wanders aimlessly.