tsuris
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tsuris — [tso͞o′ris, tsoor′is] n. [Yiddish] var. of TSORIS … English World dictionary
tsuris — noun (Yiddish) aggravating trouble the frustrating tsuris he subjected himself to • Topics: ↑Yiddish • Hypernyms: ↑trouble, ↑difficulty * * * tsuris, us etc., varr. tsores … Useful english dictionary
tsuris — noun /tsʊrɪs,tsuːrɪs/ Problems or troubles. You think you got troubles? You should go down there and talk to some of those schnorrers. Still, what chutzbah. Its like the Jewish moral sense, emerging from all that tsuris … Wiktionary
tsuris — also tsouris or tsoris noun Etymology: Yiddish tsures, tsores, plural of tsure, tsore trouble, distress, from Hebrew ṣārāh Date: 1901 trouble, distress … New Collegiate Dictionary
tsuris — tsur•is or tsouris [[t]ˈtsʊər ɪs, ˈtsɜr [/t]] n. Slang. cvb sts trouble; woe • Etymology: 1970–75; < Yiddish tsures, tsores, pl. of tsure, tsore < Heb ṣārāh, pl. ṣārōth troubles … From formal English to slang
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tsoris — noun see tsuris … New Collegiate Dictionary
tsouris — noun see tsuris … New Collegiate Dictionary
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