schatchen

American

[shaht-khuhn, shaht-khahn] / ˈʃɑt xən, ʃɑtˈxɑn /

noun

Yiddish and Hebrew.

plural

schatchanim,

plural

schatchens

shadkhan.

Example Sentences

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"Schatchens don't like to fool away their time no more as I do, Gurin; and you could take it from me, no girl is going to the trouble to fix herself up and make a nice supper for you and the Schatchen simply for the pleasure of seeing a swell dresser, Gurin."

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