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shoful

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From German Schofel (“worthless stuff, rubbish”), substantive use of schofel (“base, mean, worthless”), representing the German-Jewish pronunciation of Hebrew שפל (shāphēl, “low”).

noun shofuls · schofel

  1. UK, countable, obsolete, slang A Hansom cab.
  2. UK, obsolete, slang, uncountable Counterfeit money. To discover […] how the honest poor are compelled to hob-and-nob with the “shoful pitcher” and the “gun,” it is necessary to visit the vast nursery-grounds of crime.

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"shoful." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/shoful. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{shoful_2026,
  title = {shoful},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shoful},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}