schmalz

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{i} rendered fat; exaggerated sentimentality, overemotionality (Yiddish)

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schmaltz
Liquid chickenfat
schmaltz
(shmaltz Yiddish for melted or rendered chicken fat, schmaltz is used in English for "corn" as in excessive sentimentality; also as an adjec-tive, schmaltzy (corny)
schmaltz
Excessively sentimental art or music
schmaltz
disapproval If you describe a play, film, or book as schmaltz, you do not like it because it is too sentimental. = slush
schmaltz
{i} grease, melted chicken fat used in cooking; exaggerated sentimentality, overemotionality (Yiddish)
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(Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music
schmaltz
Chicken fat/sentimentality
schmaltz
(n ) Chicken fat: I cook meat with schmaltz instead of butter to keep a kosher kitchen