shlemiel

NOUN

(Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler

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Paul Giamatti plays the protagonist of the title, a Jewish producer of shlock television; his shlemiel persona rivals that of Larry David. Regina Weinreich: Barney's Version: A Who's Who of Canada

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