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tsorres
 n.— «Our citizens, despite their own “tsorres” (a Yiddish word meaning misfortune) have opened their hearts to help others less fortunate.» —“Town Talk: Searching for the ‘good among the ‘bad’” by Anne Ponticelli Easton Journal (Mass.) Jan. 7, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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