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Jewboy en · NOUN

Etymology

From Jew + boy.

Meanings

1. (colloquial, derogatory, offensive) A male Jew.
   • ITALIAN BOY: Are you a Jewboy? The boy doesn't answer, tries to keep going. ITALIAN BOY: Well, if you're not a Jew, say 'bread' in Italian. See, he can't. 1973, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Part II (screenplay, second draft)
   • "I said all Jewboys are afraid all the time. That's what I said." 1937, The Tanager, volumes 13-15, page 11:
   • I am not at all in his favor. I dislike him personally. For all I know he may have sold pencils about the streets like any other Jew-boy. 1876, Anthony Trollope, chapter IV, in The Prime Minister:
   • The dark-haired boy was grinning at them, he said to Heshy who was the tallest of the three friends, “We'll play a little game, Jewboy. You don't know the game so I'll teach you, right?” “You Jewboys can always learn something new, can't you?” the blonde said with a laugh. 2000, Sidney Weissman, East Side Stories:

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Coordinates

Jewgirl