noun
- plural of shmoe: ordinary, unremarkable people; regular guys
Usage: informal; Yiddish origin
Examples
- The restaurant was full of regular shmoes like us.
- Those shmoes don’t know what they’re missing.
- We’re just a couple of shmoes trying to make it in the big city.
- The fancy club doesn’t let in shmoes like me.
- Even shmoes deserve respect and dignity.
- The politician claimed to represent ordinary shmoes.