shmatte

British  

/ ˈʃmɑtə /

noun

1. a rag

2. anything shabby

3. (modifier) clothes: a jocular use

   the shmatte trade

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Example Sentences

“Pretty much from the moment we landed in this country we were shmatte people,” she said.

From New York Times

On most of them, it looks like a rag—a shmatte, Joe calls it—but on her it’s high fashion.

From Literature

“He’s a shmatte now,” said Hannah, remembering Rivka’s word.

From Literature

Hannah was momentarily speechless, then muttered under her breath, “It’s a rag, a shmatte. ”

From Literature

In her black tennis shoes, white bloomers, red shmatte and strand of outrageously clunky pearls, Grandma commands Big Apple’s intimate single ring, conveying at once feistiness, mousiness, acrobatic grace, prankishness and a transgressive streak as wide as a clown shoe.

From New York Times