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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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kleir
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kleynikeyt
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klezmer
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kli
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klib nakhes
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klipe
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klog
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klole
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klop
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klots kashe
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kloymersht
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kloyster
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kluger
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kluhr
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klutz
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knaidel
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knaker
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knaper
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kneitsh
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knip
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knipl
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knish
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know from
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kochleffel
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kofui toiva
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Kohen
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koidem kol
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kol
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kol tuv
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kolboynik
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konkurent
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kop
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kopdreyenish
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koppel
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korbn
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kosher
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kosher chazer fissel
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koved
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koydem
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koyekh
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koym
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koyne
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Kratsmach
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kratz
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krekhts
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krenk
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krenzel
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kreplach
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krikh
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krikh arayn in di beyner
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krotzer
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krovim
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krum
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ksav yad
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kugel
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kulah
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kumzits
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Kuni Leml
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kuntz
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kurveh
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kvart
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kvater
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kvaterin
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kvell
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kvetch
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kvetchen zich
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kvetshy
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kvitsh
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kviusdik
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kvutza
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l'chaim
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l'hachis
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l'havdil
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l'shem shamayim
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lager
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laining
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lamden
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landsman
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landsmanshaft
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lapa
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lashon hakodesh
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lashon hara
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late
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latka
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lav davka
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laytish
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learn
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learning
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lebediker
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leffel
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legabei
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leichter
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lek honik
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