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shimozzle

n
informal a noisy confusion or dispute; uproar
[C19: perhaps from Yiddish shlimazl misfortune]
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Noun1.shemozzle - (Yiddish) a confused situation or affair; a mess
schemozzle
Yiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script
confusion - disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably; "the army retreated in confusion"
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shemozzle

[ʃəˈmɒzl] N (Brit) (= confusion) → lío m; (= dispute) → bronca f, follón m
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"I suppose there was a few little schemozzles last week and it was just about badly-timed tackles.
CONTEMPT NOT AT 1998 LEVELS
Since I gave up playing I've been consumed by watching football and I've seen an awful lot of schemozzles and I've never seen a reaction like we've had for this one."
This is not the first schemozzle that has taken place in the GAA.
BRAWL IN THE PARK OVER REACTION; ALLIANZ NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIV TWO FINAL: Dublin v Westmeath Pillar: Dubs being hung out to dry

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