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other things a "kibitzer" continues to be an adviser in a card game. "Kiewisch," the ancient form, is akin to the Hebrew uChowash," which means "search, examination."
-Dr. A. A. Brill, noted psycho-pathologist, and leading American exponent of Freud, is. also a student of philology, and he associates the word in its modern form with the Hebrew "Kahaz," which means "to collect." He finds that among Austro-Hungarian Jews the word "Kalatzan" means "a poor man, one who collects alms,"
The head of the Ej&giish department of Columbia University, Prof. George Philip Krapp, isertt the following Commentary: -"The word ,
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k&rt^er, a Yiddish word, derived from the German word kiebitz, which is the name of a small and rather insignificant bird. It is probably a word h"ke English peewit, more or less imitative of the note of the bird. I don't know exactly what kibitzer means. The word isn't in%my vocabulary. But if it means a puling, plaintive, small-minded person, this meaning would he appropriate to the meaning of the_ word."
Among other notables who answered the request for a definition were:
Mikita Balieff, generallissimo of Chauve-Souris, replied: I received your letter and will try,  as far  as  I can  to help you out of a dilemma.   In the south of Russia   the   word   "kftjttzer"   was-expfcuned as follows: When several persons  were    playing  at   a    table there was always another one person   who   did   not   play   and   only � witnessed the game, but who was furiously gambling in his mind, lost and won immense sums, but, I repeat, he did it in his mind.   Each time when   he   was   winnmg   or loosing a certain sum � he shouted. 'If only  I had staked   10 roubles I would have won a hundred,* or inversely, 'If I had staked a hundred roubles I would have lost them all^� Such     persons   were    called 'kibitzer.*   To my  great  regret  I couldn't  grve   you   any   fuller   information on tSe
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