well we in NY tend to drop the final en and and use schlep-- as in "i had the grandkid with me, and had to schlep around a diaper bag, too" and those small metal luggage carts? they are schleppers or schleppies.. as in "i came home from the trip with a ton of stuff-- but i had my schlepper and bungies with me, so it wasn't too bad"-- there are lots of german/yidish word in the NY english-- Essa Bagel is a local Bagel shop-- based on the german/yidish-- eat a bagel-- (i don't know the proper german verb-- so i not even going to try..)


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