Jewish piano en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From the row of keys on a cash register and the stereotype of Jews as money-grubbing.
Meanings
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(offensive, slang) A cash register.
Seeing Joe Rubin, someone would yell to Ogy, the bartender, as he rang up a cash register sale, "Play that Jewish piano, Ogy. Make the Jewish piano sing.
2003, Anthony Bukoski, Time Between Trains, Stories by Anthony Bukoski, page 22:I want to buy a Jewish piano. What's that? Cash register.
1921 September, The Virginia Reel, volume II, number 1, Lynchburg, Virginia: Published by The Virginia Reel Board, at the University of Virginia …, →OCLC, page 2:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| Jewish pianos | Number=Plur | lexicographic |