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shlimazl

American  
[shli-mah-zuhl] / ʃlɪˈmɑ zəl /

noun

Slang.

  1. a variant of schlimazel.

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Actually, Mr. Carell’s character has a bit of the shmendrik about him because he seems quite stupid, and he is a hopeless shlimazl, with obvious bad luck.

From New York Times

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