schmear
Deli cream cheese
Schmear comes from Yiddish and means a spread or smear, typically cream cheese on a bagel: I'll have a bagel with a schmear.
The phrase the whole schmear means everything, the entire affair—similar to "the whole shebang": They ordered lox, bagels, the whole schmear.
Soft spreadable dairy product
pâté · hummus · tapenade · guacamole · chutney · marmalade · pesto · aioli
Oilseed for tahini
- poppyseedMinute baking garnish
- pumpernickelDense German rye bread
- ryeHardy cereal crop
- toastedBrowned by heat
plain · everything · onion · bialy · nova · capers · tomato · deli counter
Culminating benefit received
- kickbackIllegal payment for services
- graftIllicit political gain
- hush moneyPayment to ensure secrecy
- palm-greasingBribing with money
sweetener · backhand · sop · fix · under the table
- everythingThe complete set
- the worksComplete set of options
- complete setAll items together
cream cheese
Soft spreadable dairy product
jelly · pâté · hummus · tapenade · guacamole · chutney · marmalade · pesto · aioli · tahini
sesame
Oilseed for tahini
- poppyseedMinute baking garnish
- pumpernickelDense German rye bread
- ryeHardy cereal crop
toasted · plain · everything · onion · bialy · nova · capers · tomato · deli counter · breakfast
payoff
Culminating benefit received
- kickbackIllegal payment for services
- graftIllicit political gain
- hush moneyPayment to ensure secrecy
palm-greasing · sweetener · backhand · sop · fix · under the table
whole thing
- everythingThe complete set
- the worksComplete set of options
- complete setAll items together
- bagel shopbagels, plain bagel, everything bagel, sesame bagel, poppy seed bagel
- Yiddishchutzpah, kvetch, mensch, schlep, tchotchke
- Jewish Americanabagels, lox, challah, matzo ball soup, brisket
- Jewish foodbagel, challah, brisket, matzo ball soup, kugel
- payoffsbribe, kickback, payoff, payola, baksheesh
- bridge playsfinesse, ruff, trump, discard, endplay