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schlemiel
OXFORD DICTIONARY
schlemiel, n. US colloq. a foolish or unlucky person.
Etymology
Yiddish shlumiel
THESAURUS
schlemiel
asshole, boob, booby, chump, ding-a-ling, dingbat, dingdong, dupe, fall guy, galoot, goof, gull, hard-luck guy, hardcase, jerk, jerk-off, klutz, loser, mark, mutt, pigeon, poor unfortunate, prize sap, sad sack, sap, saphead, sawney, schlimazel, sucker, sure loser, unfortunate, victimROGET THESAURUS
schlemiel
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N laughingstock, jestingstock, gazingstock, butt, game, fair game, April fool, original, oddity, queer fish, odd fish, quiz, square toes, old monkey, old fogey, fogey monkey, fogy monkey, buffoon, pantomimist, schlemiel, jest, dum vitant stulti vitia in contraria currunt.For further exploring for "schlemiel" in Webster Dictionary Online