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- noun Plural form of
nebbish .
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Examples
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How many times have you dealt with a juggernaut corporation staffed by clueless nebbishes?
Camelot Now 2010
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Come to think of it, one might go so far as to say the problem with contemporary fashion, if not Western civilization in general, is that people think it's cool to run around looking like nebbishes.
All in the Four-Eye Family Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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About half or more of the “millionaire” guys she has to fix up are Jewish and yenta supremo Patty constantly derides them as “nerds” and “nebbishes” to the flotilla of girls she gathers up to meet them.
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Mr. Reilly has made a specialty of playing appealing nebbishes, but this John is something else charmingly plaintive, quite consciously witty and improbably good company.
An Ode to 'Toy' 2010
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He tends to play nebbishes, but Scott Pilgrim moves him out of that rut.
Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 2010
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But what about the nebbishes and nonentities who are at the top of their game?
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She brazenly struts her stubbly stuff on national TV - and otherwise freakishly perfectionist nebbishes can't get enough of it.
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I have personally foresworn future votes for any national Dem candidates, and will continue sending my message to the DLC: if you nominate lame nebbishes you can no longer count on my votes.
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I have personally foresworn future votes for any national Dem candidates, and will continue sending my message to the DLC: if you nominate lame nebbishes you can no longer count on my votes.
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I have personally foresworn future votes for any national Dem candidates, and will continue sending my message to the DLC: if you nominate lame nebbishes you can no longer count on my votes.
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