What does schmeck mean?
Schmeck means (Jewish culture) A smell or a taste; a nip of a drink etc..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(Jewish culture) A smell or a taste; a nip of a drink etc..
The transistor radio swiped from an East 39th Street brownstone could be traded on a Harlem street corner for a "nickel's worth of schmeck" (a $5 bag of heroin).
[…] how he could help to flood the city with a deluge of drugs to take the place of the supply that had been confiscated by the police. Plenty for himself, too, he would have. Plenty of schmeck to keep himself charged for a long time.
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Schmeck means (Jewish culture) A smell or a taste; a nip of a drink etc..
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The transistor radio swiped from an East 39th Street brownstone could be traded on a Harlem street corner for a "nickel's worth of schmeck" (a $5 bag of heroin).
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