[Mendele] Mendele Personal Notices and Announcements--“Ketsene tuluplekh” in Sholem Aleichem

[Victor Bers]

Mendele Personal Notices and Announcements
Jan. 25, 2017


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From: mark stewart <madestew at gmail.com>
Date: Jan. 23, 2017
Subject:
In Sholem Aleichem's "Hanukah Gelt" he writes of "ketsene tuluplekh" and
"ketsn khalatl" (on p. 227) of the copy I am reading, in section 3 of the
story). One of the definitions of ketsn in Beinfeld and Bochner is "of
catskin."

I am wondering if ketsene tuluplekh are actually coats made of catskin and
a ketsn khalatl is actually a catskin housecoat - or is this an idiomatic
way to say made of poor quality, or shabby?

Thanks for any help with this

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