fabulous animal, ready to fulfill man's wants, 1948, invented by U.S. cartoonist Al Capp (Alfred Caplin, 1909-1979); the name perhaps based on schmoe.
schmaltzy
schmear
schmendrick
Schmidt
schmoe
schmoo
schmooze
schmuck
schnapps
schnauzer
schnitzel
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