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The shtarker must have slipped into the apartment through the open window by the fire escape, then rushed into the bathroom when he realized that Hans was inside.
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The shtarker must have slipped into the apartment through the open window by the fire escape, then rushed into the bathroom when he realized that Hans was inside.
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The shtarker stretched his thin lips into a smile.
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The shtarker stretched his thin lips into a smile.
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The shtarker stretched his thin lips into a smile.
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When Hans looked up he saw the silhouette of the shtarker, but his body seemed to be surrounded by a penumbra of vibrating particles.
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When Hans looked up he saw the silhouette of the shtarker, but his body seemed to be surrounded by a penumbra of vibrating particles.
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The shtarker must have slipped into the apartment through the open window by the fire escape, then rushed into the bathroom when he realized that Hans was inside.
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When Hans looked up he saw the silhouette of the shtarker, but his body seemed to be surrounded by a penumbra of vibrating particles.
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Was it a risk for you, who certainly -- what we call in the Jewish faith shtarker (ph) to do this?
madmouth commented on the word shtarker
Michael Chabon's coinage
April 22, 2009
mollusque commented on the word shtarker
No, gangster was one of the meanings of "shtarker" before Chabon. For example.
April 22, 2009