"shtunk" citation from Double-Tongued Dictionary

Catchword: shtunk

Filed Under: Yiddish

Part of Speech: n.

Quotation: Shtunk. ~~From the Jewish. A smelly customer.~~ [pencil] A bad customer. (Shtunk in Yiddish means a stink.)

Article or Document Title:
“Jewelry Auctioneers’ Jargon Obtained From Auctioneers and Jewelers on 42nd Street and 14th Street”

Author:
Hatch

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Lexicon of Trade Jargon

Dateline:
New York City

Date of Publication:
1938-39

(This date is uncertain. It is either not given, unclear, or unreliable in the original source.)

This catchword has yet to be researched.

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