Schatchen

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Schatchen \Schat"chen\, n. [Yiddish, fr. NHeb. shadkh[=a]n, fr.
     sh[=a]dakh to bring about a marriage, orig., to persuade.]
     A person whose business is marriage brokage; a marriage
     broker, esp. among certain Jews.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]