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neb•bish  (neb′ish),USA pronunciation n. [Slang.]
  1. Slang Termsa pitifully ineffectual, luckless, and timid person.
  • Western Yiddish forms of the word
  • Slavic; compare Czech nebohý poor; spelling, spelled with -sh perh.
  • Yiddish nebekh poor, unfortunate, probably
  • 1890–95
neb′bish•y, adj. 


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