A variant or dialectal form, though this word is quite obscure in standard English dictionaries.
Potentially from Yiddish or Eastern European languages, but the exact origin is uncertain as this is not a standard English word.
This word stumps many dictionaries—it might be a regional variant or borrowing that never quite made it into mainstream English, showing how language constantly evolves at the edges.
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