I have always envied Zoe three things: her figure, her taste and her eye for a good bit of schmutter Jessica Hynes.
Yiddish slang for cloth or clothing. From schmatte (rag) and a variation on the Polish szmata.
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| The East End rag trade in the 1950s |
Schmutter (or Schmatter) is particularly sonorous. A wonderful example is given by Aldo Shattuck: Galliano's career in schmatters ended in tatters.