schmatte

or shmat·te

[ shmah-tuh ]

nounSlang.
  1. an old ragged garment; tattered article of clothing.

  2. any garment.

  1. a rag.

Origin of schmatte

1
An Americanism dating back to 1965–70; from Yiddish shmate “rag,” from Polish szmata

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