shemozzle
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of shemozzle
C19: perhaps from Yiddish shlimazl misfortune
Example Sentences
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And both should have been stood down from the competition, whatever the shemozzle of timetabling, as should any other club in the same position.
From The Guardian • Apr. 29, 2016
Take a look at this shemozzle of a page:
From Forbes • Aug. 18, 2014
In the wider world Lineker remains almost unanimously popular, a kind of groovy uncle whose private life has been aired in the tabloid press, albeit in an affectionate way, a sedate kind of domestic shemozzle.
From The Guardian • May 30, 2014
But which in the current climate instead looks like a rather tedious formality backed up by a managerial-form-wobble-Ray-Wilkins-ousting shemozzle.
From The Guardian • Nov. 23, 2010
"What a shemozzle, isn't it?" he said dazedly.
From Men of Affairs by Pertwee, Roland
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