schlemiel

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  • Put the two together in the hands of a quiet riot name of Sheckley, dump them on an ordinary schlemiel, and you end up with ... —  Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves
  • Joanna reflected that she was beginning to feel like the poor schlemiel in North by Northwest, kidnapped and hauled all over the countryside, being shot at by strangers without any idea of what was happening, and on top of it all ... —  The Silent Tower
  • And yet, what I've accomplished isn't beyond the abilities of the average schlemiel. —  An East Wind Coming
  • "You one revolting-looking schlemiel, I can tell you. —  Impossible Places
  • What kind of a schlemiel do you think I am? —  Body Wave
 

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  1. Yiddish shlemíl, perhaps from Hebrew šəlūmî'ēl, my well-being is God, Shelumiel (a character in the Bible, Numbers 7:36) : šəlūmî, my well-being (šālôm, well-being; see šlm in Semitic roots + -î, my) + 'ēl, God; see אl in Semitic roots.
 

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