Allen was an irrepressible yenta, making connections between people that often blossomed into enduring friendships.

The yenta patrol, always on the job.

My daughter, the yenta of Dixie.

I can't give any indication of how unhappy this is making me-notin front of the yenta patrol.

There's a yenta on every street.

Go yenta somewhere else.

Natalie ascertained that Saul lived alone although he was plagued by a house keeper who was part yenta and part therapist.

I'm waiting for it to get dark enough so I can sneak out of here without the yenta patrol seeing me.

Yenta was of Mongol extraction, and enjoyed supreme power on the borders of Shansi.