klutz
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Yiddish, the language spoken by Ashkenazi Jews across Europe before the Holocaust, is now perhaps best known to many English speakers through words such as "schlep", "klutz" and "chutzpah".
From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025
She brought up President Ford, who once tripped and was forever branded a klutz, thanks in part to a “Saturday Night Live” skit.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2023
That’s great, but it won’t be appreciated by anyone who isn’t a klutz, an adventurer, or an adventurous klutz.
From The Verge • Aug. 18, 2022
“I always felt like a klutz next to those other skinny girls, as we twirled our adorable little parasols,” she said in an interview with The New York Times Magazine in 1974.
From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2019
Frank Zhang: lumbering klutz, child of Mars, part-time pachyderm.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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