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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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geduld
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geferlech
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gefil
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gehakte tsores
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Gehenom
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gelekhter
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gelt
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gelungen
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gemeyn
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gemeyner yung
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genosn oyfn emes
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genug
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genug shoyn
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gepokt un gemozlt
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gerotn
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geschrei
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gesheft
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geshikhte
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geshikt
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geshmak
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geshmat
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geshmir
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geulah
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gevald
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gevaldeve
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gevaldig
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geveyn
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gey
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gey avek
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gey gezunt
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gey in drerd
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gey schluffen
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gey veys
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gezerah
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gezinta
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gezunt
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gezunte tzoris
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gezunterheyt
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glat azoy
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glet
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glik
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gliklekh
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glitch
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goldene medina
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golem
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gorgel
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gornisht mit gornisht
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got di neshome shuldik
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got zol ophitn
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Gott
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gottenyu
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goyder
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goyish
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goyishe kop
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goyisher mazel
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goyrl
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goyses
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gramen
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grepts
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gribines
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griner
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gring
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grizhen
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grizhidiker
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grob
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grobyon
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grushe
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gupl
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gurnisht
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gut chodesh
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gut gezogt
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gut moed
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gut morgen
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gut voch
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gut yontef
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guter bruder
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guzme
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gvir
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gzeyle
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hak a tshaynik
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hak mir nisht keyn tshaynik
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haker
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hakhnose
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hakhshara
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hakitser
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haklal
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halevai
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halt zikh ba di zaytn
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hamentaschen
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hamoyn am
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handl
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hanukkat ha-bayit
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hashkafah
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hashpa'ah
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haskama
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hasmode
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have in the linker pyate
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have tsu zingen un tsu zogn
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hazarai
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hefker petrishke
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