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tummler

noun
tumm·​ler | \ ˈtu̇m-lər How to pronounce tummler (audio) \

Definition of tummler

: a comic entertainer or social director at a Jewish resort

Examples of tummler in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

 Every one of these street gangs had a tummler, some guy who was funny. — John Leland, New York Times, "Norman Podhoretz Still Picks Fights and Drops Names," 17 Mar. 2017

First Known Use of tummler

1965, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for tummler

Yiddish tumler, literally, one who makes a racket

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