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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
schmear /ʃmɪə/ (also schmeer)

▶noun N. Amer. informal

1 an underhand inducement.

2 a quantity of butter, soft cheese, etc. spread on bread.

– phrases
the whole schmear everything possible or available.

– origin 1960s: from Yiddish shmirn ‘flatter, grease’.

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