shmaltz

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shmaltz

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alternative, uncountable Alternative spelling of schmaltz “My inbox is always open,” says [Alice] Zaslavsky, referencing a direct message she had received that morning from a woman wondering if lamb shmaltz would be too intense for knedle. (The answer was yes.)

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@misc{shmaltz_2026,
  title = {shmaltz},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shmaltz},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}