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A Jewish small town or small-town community in Eastern Europe.

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Usage examples (32)
  • All this 'shtetl' talk is proof of subliminibal anti-semitism.
  • That line about the "shtetl" mentality among Democrats said it all.
  • Richard, I obviously knew what "shtetl" means and didn't have to Google that.
  • So let's speculate who the 'top democrat' is that uses an odd idiom like 'shtetl'.
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