(Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person.
Pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance.
1Oh, hey, one question: How the heck did you guys shlep me all the way over here?
2Well, my consciousness is being raised every time we have to shlep this damned thing up another curb.
3I continued to wander, my shoulder growing numb from the sheer weight of having to shlep my bag around.
4(He may still buy the odd soup tureen now and again, but you wouldn't want to shlep a load of stolen silver onto a plane.