שאַכער־מאַכערshakher-makher meaning in Yiddish
wheeler-dealer · noun (masculine; plural שאַכער־מאַכערס)
Watches out of his coat on Monday, a cousin who can get you a fridge by Wednesday, and on Thursday he is briefly in the wine business.
דער שכן אונטן איז אַ שאַכער־מאַכער: הײַנט פֿאַרקויפֿט ער זייגערס, מאָרגן אַלטע אויטאָס.
“The neighbour downstairs is a wheeler-dealer: today he's selling watches, tomorrow old cars.”
Think of the guy who always had a car trunk full of discount merchandise and a story to go with it.
Yiddish words for people and charactersYiddish words for money, bargains and work
Published 12 October 2026