מאַפֿיעניק

Yiddish

Etymology

מאַפֿיע (mafye) +‎ ־ניק (-nik).

Noun

מאַפֿיעניק • (mafyenik) m, plural מאַפֿיעניקעס (mafyenikes)

  1. (US) mobster

References

  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “mobster”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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