shemozzle
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of shemozzle
C19: perhaps from Yiddish shlimazl misfortune
Example Sentences
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Some chanted for “Eddie” to take the kick, a nod to a previous penalty shemozzle and to the fact Cavani was on the verge of breaking Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s PSG goal record.
From The Guardian • Jan. 19, 2018
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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