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schlep

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
schlep /ʃlɛp/ (also schlepp) informal, chiefly N. Amer.

▶verb (schleps, schlepping, schlepped)

1 haul or carry with difficulty.

2 go or move reluctantly or with effort.

▶noun

1 a tedious or difficult journey.

2 (also schlepper) a stupid person.

– origin 1920s: from Yiddish shlepn ‘drag’, from Mid. High Ger. sleppen.

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