shmonе

From Hebrew שְׁמוֹנֶה (shmonе, “eight”), referring to 8:00 a.m. when the cells were searched each morning in the Odessa prison prior to the communist revolution.

(noun) frisk, shakedown, raid, body search, search
(verb) to search, to search, to turn upside down, to search, to search, to search, to search, to search, to turn upside down
To shmonе inmates in prison.
by jqnele February 28, 2023
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