
|
|
|
|
Results 1-10 of about 50 for the
Yiddish
Words
(0.027 sec)
|
 |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
 |
...The Atlantic , December 2001 He had difficulty getting American publishers for his later novels, partly because of his self-created image by then as a crusty old kvetch. -- Geoffrey Wheatcroft, "What Kingsley Can Teach Martin", The Atlantic , September 2000 Kvetch comes from Yiddish kvetshn , "to squeeze, to complain," from Middle High German quetzen , quetschen , "to squeeze."
Tags:
words
lists
101 things
language
68
word of the day

http://pouring-raine.livejournal.com/8141.html
(Cached)
0 links
Published: 2 years, 3 months ago (Sat, 31 Mar 2007 14:32:16 PDT); 1733 bytes
|
pouring_raine
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|

 | Get free web site |
| 1GB of free space |
| for files and pictures |
|
|
|