shvartser

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Yiddish שוואַרצער (shvartser), nominative masculine singular form of שוואַרץ (shvarts, black).

Noun

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shvartser (plural shvartsers)

  1. (chiefly US, offensive, ethnic slur) Alternative form of shvartze (masculine)
    • 1991, Art Spiegelman, Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began, New York: Pantheon Books, pages 99-100:
      I had the whole time to watch out that this shvartser doesn't steal us the groceries from the back seat! [...] Now we can make a very happy lunch from all my new groceries, only thank god that your shvartser didn't take them.