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The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
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nadn
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nafke
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nar
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narish
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narishkeit
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nebbish
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nebekhl
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nedava
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neder
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negine
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nekeyve
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nekhome
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nekome
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nes
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neshomele
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neveyle
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nexdoorekeh
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nisayon
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nishkoshe
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nisht do gedacht
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nisht geshtoygn un nisht gefloygn
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nisht shabbos geret
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nishtikeit
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nisim venifloes
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nit azoy ay-ay-ay
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nit gedayget
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nit gefidlt
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nit haynt gedakht
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no-goodnik
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noch
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nokh a mol
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nokhshleper
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nosher
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nosherai
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nudge
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nusach
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ofer voeyfer
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oisgehalten
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okh un vey
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olam habah
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onev
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ongeblozzen
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ongepotchket
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ongeshtopt
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ongeshtopt mit gelt
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onshikenish
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onshtendik
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opstairsiker
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orel
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oreman
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ot
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ot azoy
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oves
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oy gut
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oy vey iz mir
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oyf kapores
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oykh mir a
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oylem haze
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oylem hoemes
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oyrekh
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oys kapelitsh makher
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oysgematert
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oysgemutshet
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oysgeputst
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oysgeshpilt
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oysher
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oysvorf
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oytser
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oyverbotl
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pachech
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pamelekh
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parkh
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parnasa
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partsef
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paskudne
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paskudnyak
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paskustve
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patsh
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patshke
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patur
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pavolye
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pekel
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petcha
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peyger
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pilpul
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pintele yid
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pips
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pirog
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pish
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pisha paysha
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pishachs
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pisher
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pishwasser
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pisk
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pitseleh
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plapl
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