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schlep verb [ ʃlɛp ]

• haul or carry (something heavy or awkward).
• "she schlepped her groceries home"

schlep noun

• a tedious or difficult journey.
• "a rush hour schlep to the airport and back"
• another term for schlepper.
• "all the schleps who say that 2010 was the beginning of a new decade are wrong"
Origin: early 20th century (as a verb): from Yiddish shlepn ‘drag’, from Middle High German sleppen .


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