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Noun: Yiddishism
  1. A linguistic feature of Yiddish, especially a Yiddish idiom or phrasing that appears in another language
    "‘schmooze’ is an example of a Yiddishism"

Derived forms: Yiddishisms

Type of: loan, loanword

Encyclopedia: Yiddishism