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Yiddish
Etymology
From a Slavic language. Possibly Ukrainian гуща (hušča).
Noun
הושטשע • (hushtshe) f, plural הושטשעס (hushtshes)
- dregs, sediment
- (figurative, colloquial) rabble
References
- Alexander Harkavy (2006) “הושטשע”, in Yiddish-English-Hebrew Dictionary, New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 190
- Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008) “hušče”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slóŭnik, Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 393