Yetta

[ yet-uh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Yetta contributed to this sanatorium and gave a 10-cent monthly fee for Union agitation.

Her name is Yetta Silbermacher and she's got in savings bank eight hundred dollars.

Ain't you ashamed of yourself, Elkan, keeping Yetta's dinner waiting because you claim you're so busy downtown?

As he drew forward a chair for Yetta he saluted his visitors with a slight, graceful bow, a survival of his conservatory days.

Yetta bowed stiffly and Elkan hastened to make conversation by way of relieving Mr. Kamin's embarrassment.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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