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Word of the Day – Schlep

By February 22, 2026Word of the Day

Schlep (verb)

shlep

(informal) To carry, to lug. 

First recorded in 1910–15; from Yiddish shlepn “to pull, drag, (intransitive) trudge,” from German schleppen, “to draw, tug, haul”

Example sentences

“It must be exhausting to schlep those hateful attitudes around with you all the time.”

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