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Significados de nebbish em inglês

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(Yiddish) a timid unfortunate simpleton.

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        Uso de nebbish em inglês
        1
        A nebbish from the word Go. Simon made an abrupt turn.
        The illuminatus! trilogy
        2
        A shoemaker, but a nebbish as weedy as a tailor.
        Melnitz
        3
        Hugh Sidneys was nondescript, not quite a nebbish, but close.
        Terminal Compromise
        4
        And then I find out you're not an earnest nebbish of a bookseller after all.
        The burglar who traded ted williams
        5
        Blau was the nebbish who didn't understand a thing and only ever asked stupid questions.
        Melnitz
        6
        In the flow of secular time, Medcalf was a nebbish from Connecticut, mixing beakers full of artificial flavors.
        The family: the secret fundamentalism at the heart of american p...
        7
        Equally promising, the Krauss character has grown from being a cautious nebbish to assuming a vital role in the story.
        Reuters
        8
        After the news went public that this nobody, this nebbish from nowhere, had been feathering his nest, everybody was shocked!
        Medium raw: a bloody valentine to the world of food and the peop...
        9
        All the leads won praise from critics who described McClure as a "winning nebbish" and O'Malley as plucky but in need of a new wig.
        Reuters
        Translations for nebbish
        Nebbish ao longo do tempo