shmok

English

Noun

shmok (plural shmoks)

  1. Alternative form of schmuck.
    • 1963, Jack Ludwig, “A Summit of Palefaces”, in Confusions, Greenwich, Conn.: New York Graphic Society Publishers Ltd, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 227:
      What a shmok I was to go to their cocktail hour and feed them new material for misrepresentations. “Excuse me, spiders,” was the gist of my visit, “I, your friend fly, have entered your parlor in error. I withdraw.”
    • 2004, Gregg Keizer, “Wednesday: April 7, 1943”, in The Longest Night, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN, page 63:
      “Got a name for me, Jack?” he asked, shoving the cup to the side. He lit a Chesterfield to chase the taste. / “’At I do, son, ’at I do.” Spark brushed cake crumbs from his belly. What a shmok, Mouse thought.
    • 2011, Bill Dunphy, transcribed by Bill Dowey, “‘In the Bible Cain slew Abel and east of Eden he was cast, you’re born into this life paying for the sins of somebody’s past.’ […]”, in Life with The Contraltos: A Tale of Atlantic City’s Politics, Mob, and Casinos as Told by a Man with Sand in His Shoes, [Morrisville, N.C.]: Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 71:
      You’re a goniff and a shmok, but I love you like a brother. I wouldn’t do such a thing to you. You know that.
    • 2016 October 4, M. J. Reisen, chapter 2, in What Music They Make / The Cape, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN:
      “Hey, something occurred to me about our chance meeting with our old school chums earlier.” / “Oh hey, don’t let that shmok get to you. He’s just-”
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.