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

  4. 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.

  5. 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]:

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. to move yourself or an object with effort and difficulty: Do I really have to schlep all that junk down to the cellar? Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to move someone or something from one place to another. carry These rail cars carry coal. haul He grew up hauling coal out of the mines six days a week.

  9. noun. a stupid or clumsy person. an arduous journey or procedure. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of schlep 1. First recorded in 1910–15; from Yiddish shlepn “to pull, drag, (intransitive) trudge,” from German schleppen, “to draw, tug, haul”; akin to slip 1, slippery. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of schlep 1.