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Schmear

2 stages from Yiddish to English.

Today it means a spread of soft food such as cream cheese, or informally, the whole works
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Stage 1 of 2
shmirn
Yiddish · 1800s
"to smear, to spread"
to smear, to spread, related to German schmieren
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Stage 2 of 2
schmear
English · 1960s
"a spread, especially of cream cheese, or the whole of something"
adopted through Yiddish-speaking Jewish communities, especially for spreading cream cheese
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