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   schmaltz

   /ʃmɔːlts/

   noun

   • 1. excessive sentimentality, especially in music or films: informal "at the end of the film the audience are drowned in a sea of schmaltz"

   Word Origin 1930s: from Yiddish shmaltz, from German Schmalz ‘dripping, lard’.

   Scrabble Points: 24

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